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Amphicarpum purshii Kunth
blue maidencane

       
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Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, MD. Usage Requirements.
 
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Amphicarpum purshii Kunth

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Synonyms:
Amphicarpum purshii Kunth

  AMAM Amphicarpum amphicarpon (Pursh) Nash
 

Distribution:
Amphicarpum purshii Kunth

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USA (DE, FL, GA, MA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, SC, VA)
 

Related Taxa:
Amphicarpum purshii Kunth

View 341 genera in Poaceae, 2 species in Amphicarpum
 

Classification:
Amphicarpum purshii Kunth

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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 Amphicarpum Kunth – maidencane
Species Amphicarpum purshii Kunth – blue maidencane
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Amphicarpum purshii Kunth

This plant and synonym italicized and indented below are 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.

Massachusetts:
Amphicarpum amphicarpon
annual peanutgrass              Endangered
New York:
peanut grass              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Amphicarpum purshii Kunth

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACW FACW FACW NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Amphicarpum purshii Kunth

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41387.

 
 
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