Amphicarpum amphicarpon (Pursh) Nash
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Detail
- Family
- Poaceae
- Botanical Name
- Amphicarpum amphicarpon (Pursh) Nash
- Common Name
- Pine-barrens Peanut Grass, Pine-Barrens Goobergrass, Blue Maidencane
- Synonym(s)
- Amphicarpum purshii Kunth
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Amphicarpum amphicarpon (Pursh) Nash
- Comments
- The subterranean spikelets ("peanuts") of this grass are distinctive.
- Habitat
- Boggy power-line clearings and pond shores. Very rare, known from historical sites on the Eastern Shore (Accomack and Northampton counties) and Virginia Beach City, and more recently from a single site in the inner s. Coastal Plain (Greensville County).
- Native Status
- Native
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