OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mnesithea rugosa   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coelorachis rugosa   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Coelorachis rugosa

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

Coelorachis rugosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Coelorachis rugosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-82-001:

Manisuris rugosa   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Manisuris rugosa

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

Manisuris rugosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Wrinkled Jointgrass


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image of Mnesithea rugosa, Wrinkled Jointgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_coru3_001_lvd

        

image of Mnesithea rugosa, Wrinkled Jointgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_maru5_001_lvd

        

image of Mnesithea rugosa, Wrinkled Jointgrass

Keith Bradley    kab_co_rugosa_71558

October    Miami-Dade County    FL

Inflorescence section, with ridged spikelets.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mnesithea rugosa   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coelorachis rugosa   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Coelorachis rugosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Coelorachis rugosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-82-001:
Manisuris rugosa   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

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3956

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Limesink ponds (dolines), depression meadows, clay-based Carolina bays, wet pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, marl prairies, disturbed areas (such as seeps in powerline rights-of-way), always in places with a seasonally high water-table, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall

Inflorescences terminal and axillary spikes

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain

 

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