OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Panicum flexile   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum flexile   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Panicum flexile

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

Panicum flexile

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Panicum flexile

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-009:

Panicum flexile   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Panicum flexile

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

Panicum flexile

 

COMMON NAME:
Wiry Panicgrass


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image of Panicum flexile, Wiry Panicgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pafl2_001_lvd

        

image of Panicum flexile, Wiry Panicgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_pafl2_002_lhd

        

image of Panicum flexile, Wiry Panicgrass

Eric Ungberg    ung_20180907_135751

September    Granville County    NC

Butner Cedar Glade

Mature panicle slender, branches ascending-spreading; spikelets long-acuminate, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Panicum flexile   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum flexile   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Panicum flexile

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Panicum flexile

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-009:
Panicum flexile   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4382

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Glades and openings over mafic or calcareous rocks, damp sandy meadows, open woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked (plants lacking a rosette of overwintering basal leaves)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

Inflorescence a terminal panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellowish
Grain

 

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