OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phanopyrum gymnocarpon   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Grasses of Florida (Hall, 2019)

Phanopyrum gymnocarpon

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

Panicum gymnocarpon

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

Panicum gymnocarpon   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Panicum gymnocarpon

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

Panicum gymnocarpon

 

COMMON NAME:
Swamp Phanopyrum, Savanna Phanopyrum, Savanna Panicgrass


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image of Phanopyrum gymnocarpon, Swamp Phanopyrum, Savanna Phanopyrum, Savanna Panicgrass

Keith Bradley    kab_p_gymnocarpon_06400

March    Collier County    FL

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

Panicles of several to many stiffly ascending racemes along a main axis, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

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 Grasses of Florida (Hall, 2019)
Phanopyrum gymnocarpon

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

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

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

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

 

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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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