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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-055:

Panicum sphaerocarpon   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Panicum sphaerocarpon var. inflatum

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Panicum sphaerocarpon var. sphaerocarpon

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Panicum sphaerocarpon var. inflatum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Panicum sphaerocarpon var. sphaerocarpon

 

COMMON NAME:
Round-fruited Witchgrass, Roundseed Witchgrass


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image of Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon, Round-fruited Witchgrass, Roundseed Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pasp8_001_lvd

        

image of Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon, Round-fruited Witchgrass, Roundseed Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_pasp8_002_lvd

        

image of Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon, Round-fruited Witchgrass, Roundseed Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm230531_3613

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon, Round-fruited Witchgrass, Roundseed Witchgrass

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdspherocarpon_cabin

May    Clarendon County    SC

Panicle 4-13cm long, branches spreading-ascending. Spikelets 1.4-1.6mm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon, Round-fruited Witchgrass, Roundseed Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm190604_8949

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Related to D polyanthes but that inflorescence distinctly narrower & longer, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon, Round-fruited Witchgrass, Roundseed Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm190604_8952

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon, Round-fruited Witchgrass, Roundseed Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200625_6037

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon, Round-fruited Witchgrass, Roundseed Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200625_6037b

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon, Round-fruited Witchgrass, Roundseed Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200625_6229

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Well-developed basal rosette, slender stem to 1.5' tall, only 3-4 stem leaves...

image of Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon, Round-fruited Witchgrass, Roundseed Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200625_6235

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

..and a generally triangular inflorescence (more than half as wide as long), per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon, Round-fruited Witchgrass, Roundseed Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200625_66232

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Nodes glabrous or sparsely hairy, per The Grasses of North Carolina (Blomquist, 1948).

image of Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon, Round-fruited Witchgrass, Roundseed Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200627_06258

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Nodes upwardly bearded, internodes glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon, Round-fruited Witchgrass, Roundseed Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200627_6246

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Sheaths glabrous, margins papilose-ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon, Round-fruited Witchgrass, Roundseed Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200627_6250

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon, Round-fruited Witchgrass, Roundseed Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200627_6252

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-055:
Panicum sphaerocarpon   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum sphaerocarpon var. inflatum

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum sphaerocarpon var. sphaerocarpon

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum sphaerocarpon var. inflatum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum sphaerocarpon var. sphaerocarpon

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2424

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Moist or dry thin woods, meadows, and ditches, often in dry sandy soil, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked, and often a basal rosette of overwintering leaves

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

Early-season ("spring") panicles terminal; later "autumnal" panicles are lateral

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain yellowish/Purplish
Grain

 

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