NameThatPlant.net: Phanopyrum gymnocarpon

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phanopyrum gymnocarpon FAMILY Poaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phanopyrum gymnocarpon FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-015:

Panicum gymnocarpon FAMILY Poaceae

COMMON NAME:
Swamp Phanopyrum, Savanna Phanopyrum, Savanna Panicgrass

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phanopyrum gymnocarpon FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phanopyrum gymnocarpon FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-015:
Panicum gymnocarpon FAMILY Poaceae

2252

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: swamps, seasonally flooded soils of cypress-gum sloughs, tidal (freshwater) cypress-gum swamps, disturbed wet soils, low woods, ditches, muddy banks of streams and lakes, sinks, floodplains, and marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC, rare in Piedmont

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain purplish
Grain

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