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.

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

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

Sporobolus teretifolius

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sporobolus teretifolius

COMMON NAME:
Wireleaf Dropseed

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_spte4_001_lvd

        

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sporobolus teretifolius