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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Setaria corrugata
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Setaria from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Setaria corrugata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Setaria corrugata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-68-006:
Setaria corrugata FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Setaria corrugata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chaetochloa corrugata
COMMON NAME:
Coastal Plain Bristlegrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_seco4_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_s_corrugata_8155
October Calhoun County SC
Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve
Bristles green or purple, to 2cm long - much exceeding the spikelets, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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Keith Bradley kab_s_corrugata_8155b
October Calhoun County SC
Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve
Bristles 1-3 below each spikelet, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Setaria corrugata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Setaria corrugata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Setaria corrugata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-68-006:
Setaria corrugata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Setaria corrugata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chaetochloa corrugata
3698
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Pinelands, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in NC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Bristles greenish or purplish
Inflorescence a dense, spikelike panicle
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain dark
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p722
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p145
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