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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eragrostis elliottii   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Eragrostis elliottii

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

Eragrostis elliottii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-11-014:

Eragrostis elliottii   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Eragrostis elliottii

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

Eragrostis elliottii

 

COMMON NAME:
Elliott's Lovegrass


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image of Eragrostis elliottii, Elliott's Lovegrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_erel_001_lhd

        

image of Eragrostis elliottii, Elliott's Lovegrass

Keith Bradley    kab_e_elliottii_71531

October    Miami-Dade County    FL

Spikelets linear, mostly 8-15 flowered, 5-12mm; lemmas closely imbricate, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eragrostis elliottii   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Eragrostis elliottii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-11-014:
Eragrostis elliottii   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3947

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Ultisol wet pine savannas, maritime wet grasslands, inland edges of brackish marshes, inland edges of freshwater tidal marshes, calcareously-influenced wet pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon in Carolinas)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Leaves primarily low alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets with dark margins and light centers

Inflorescence a loose open panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Grain reddish
Grain

 

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