NameThatPlant.net: Dinebra panicea ssp. mucronata

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dinebra panicea ssp. mucronata FAMILY Poaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leptochloa panicea ssp. mucronata FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Dinebra panicea ssp. mucronata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Leptochloa panicea ssp. mucronata

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)

Leptochloa filiformis

COMMON NAME:
Red Spangletop

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image of Dinebra panicea ssp. mucronata, Red Spangletop

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_leat_001_lvd

Keith Bradley kab_d_panicea_mucron_0985

May Miami-Dade County FL

Panicle of numerous approximate slender racemes, ~ half the length of culm, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dinebra panicea ssp. mucronata FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leptochloa panicea ssp. mucronata FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dinebra panicea ssp. mucronata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Leptochloa panicea ssp. mucronata

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Leptochloa filiformis

3925

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual/Perennial

Habitat: Sandy shores, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Alabama

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked, occasionally in basal rosettes

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall

Inflorescences terminal panicles of spikelike branches

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain

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Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p491?

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