- Family:
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus:
- Sporobolus R.Br.
Sporobolus wrightii Scribn.

[GB]
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial; caespitose. Culms erect; robust; 90-250 cm long; 2-9 mm diam. Leaf-sheaths without keel. Ligule a fringe of hairs; 1-2 mm long. Leaf-blades 20-70 cm long; 3-6 mm wide.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open; lanceolate; 20-60 cm long; 12-26 cm wide. Panicle branches bearing congested spikelets. Spikelets appressed; solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels 0.5 mm long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; subterete; 1.5-2.1 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; subterete; 1.5-2.1 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes deciduous; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume ovate; 0.5-1 mm long; 0.5-0.66 length of upper glume; membranous; without keels; 1 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume apex acute. Upper glume ovate; 0.8-1.8 mm long; 0.66-0.9 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; without keels; 1 -veined. Upper glume lateral veins absent. Upper glume apex acute.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Fertile lemma ovate; 1.2-2.1 mm long; membranous; without keel; 1 -veined. Lemma apex obtuse. Palea 2 -veined. Palea keels approximate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Anthers 3.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Caryopsis with free soft pericarp; 1.3 mm long.
- Distribution
- North America: southwest USA, south-central USA, and Mexico.
- Reference
- Eragrostideae. Gr Tex 1993.
Native to:
Arizona, California, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah
Introduced into:
Egypt
Sporobolus wrightii Scribn. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Pringle, C.G. [s.n.], USA | K000307935 | isotype | Yes | ||
Wright, C. [726], USA | K000307938 | Yes | |||
Wright, C. [1975], USA | K000307939 | Yes |
First published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 9: 103 (1882)
Accepted by
- Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Powell, A.M. & Worthington, R.D. (2018). Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and ajacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
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GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0