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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eragrostis ciliaris var. ciliaris   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eragrostis ciliaris   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Eragrostis ciliaris

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

Eragrostis ciliaris var. ciliaris

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-11-003:

Eragrostis ciliaris   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Eragrostis ciliaris var. ciliaris

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Eragrostis ciliaris

 

COMMON NAME:
gophertail lovegrass


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image of Eragrostis ciliaris var. ciliaris, gophertail lovegrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_erci2_001_lvd

        

image of Eragrostis ciliaris var. ciliaris, gophertail lovegrass

Keith Bradley    kab_e_ciliaris_71529

October    Miami-Dade County    FL

Spikelets 6-12 flowered, 2-4mm long; keels of palea stiffly long-ciliate, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eragrostis ciliaris var. ciliaris   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eragrostis ciliaris   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eragrostis ciliaris

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Eragrostis ciliaris var. ciliaris

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-11-003:
Eragrostis ciliaris   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis ciliaris var. ciliaris

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eragrostis ciliaris

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3946

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Sandy shores, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Panicle often purplish

Inflorescence a dense, spikelike panicle

FRUIT:
Grain lustrous red
Grain

 

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