Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sporobolus curtissii
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Attributions of S. curtissii to NC-SC prior to 1993 were apparently based on misapplication or confusion with S. teretifolius and/or S. pinetorum. S. curtissii differs from other ‘bunchgrass’ Sporobolus of our area in having the spikelets short-pedicelled and appressed against the panicle branches (as opposed to long-pedicelled and spreading in S. teretifolius and S. pinetorum). Read more in Weakley's Flora.
Recent molecular research suggests that Calamovilfa and Spartina are nested deeply within Sporobolus. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus curtissii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sporobolus curtissii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Sporobolus curtissii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sporobolus curtissii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sporobolus curtissii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sporobolus curtissii
COMMON NAME:
Curtiss's Dropseed
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sporobolus curtissii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus curtissii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sporobolus curtissii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Sporobolus curtissii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sporobolus curtissii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sporobolus curtissii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sporobolus curtissii
4008
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Moist, gummy-clay pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain (rare in SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked, often also basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets purplish
Inflorescence an open panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets purplish, fading tan
Utricle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".