Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sporobolus teretifolius
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Wireleaf Dropseed is a tussock-former and much resembles Carolina Wiregrass (Aristida stricta), but of course the inflorescences are entirely different. Both have leaves that are tightly rolled lengthwise, but Wireleaf Dropseed has a tuft of hairs at the base of each leaf (vs. a long line of short hairs in Wiregrass). Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Many of the counties reported for this species in RAB actually are based on misidentified specimens of S. pinetorum. Read more in Weakley's Flora (2023).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus teretifolius
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-44-002:
Sporobolus teretifolius FAMILY Poaceae
COMMON NAME:
Wireleaf Dropseed
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sporobolus teretifolius
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus teretifolius
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-44-002:
Sporobolus teretifolius
FAMILY
Poaceae
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