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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sorghastrum secundum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Sorghastrum secundum

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

Sorghastrum secundum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-89-002:

Sorghastrum secundum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Sorghastrum secundum

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

Sorghastrum secundum

 

COMMON NAME:
Lopsided Indiangrass


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image of Sorghastrum secundum, Lopsided Indiangrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_sose5_001_lvd

        

image of Sorghastrum secundum, Lopsided Indiangrass

Keith Bradley    kab_s_secundum_4112

August    Miami-Dade County    FL

Panicle 20-40cm long, one-sided, the branches mostly in separated fascicles, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Sorghastrum secundum, Lopsided Indiangrass

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_sorghastrum_secundum

October        

image of Sorghastrum secundum, Lopsided Indiangrass

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_sorghastrum_secundum2

October        

Awn 20-35mm long, twice-geniculate, twisted below second the bend, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Sorghastrum secundum, Lopsided Indiangrass

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_sorghastrum_secundum3

October        

Spikelets yellowish-brown, ~ 7mm long, pilose, with densely bearded callus, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).


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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sorghastrum secundum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Sorghastrum secundum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-89-002:
Sorghastrum secundum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3789

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, Florida dry prairies, pine rocklands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly low alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets yellowish-brown

Inflorescence a panicle of racemes

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain

 

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