PLANTS Profile for Leersia lenticularis (catchfly grass)

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Leersia lenticularis Michx.
catchfly grass

Symbol:

LELE2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Leersia lenticularis Michx.

Homalocenchrus lenticularis

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 169. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Leersia lenticularis Michx.

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Synonyms:
Leersia lenticularis Michx.

HOLE5

Homalocenchrus lenticularis (Michx.) Kuntze

Distribution:
Leersia lenticularis Michx.


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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MN, MO, MS, NC, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI)

Related Taxa:
Leersia lenticularis Michx.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 5 species in Leersia

Classification:
Leersia lenticularis Michx.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Leersia Sw. – cutgrass
Species	Leersia lenticularis Michx. – catchfly grass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Leersia lenticularis Michx.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maryland:
catchfly-grass		Endangered
Ohio:
catchfly grass		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Leersia lenticularis Michx.

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More Accounts and Images:
Leersia lenticularis Michx.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40888.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 09/23/2008 08:55 AM MDT