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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium oligosanthes
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Dichanthelium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. oligosanthes
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Dichanthelium oligosanthes ssp. oligosanthes
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-038:
Panicum oligosanthes FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum oligosanthes
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum oligosanthes
COMMON NAME:
Few-flowered Witchgrass, Heller's Witchgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_paol2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090717_137
July Georgetown County SC
Hobcaw Barony
Blades stiffly spreading or ascending, 6-14cm long, 5-8mm wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm090717_138
July Georgetown County SC
Hobcaw Barony
Blade upper surface glabrous or nearly so, harshly puberulent beneath, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdoligosanthes_cabin1
Month Unknown Clarendon County SC
Vernal culms 35-80cm tall, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium oligosanthes
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. oligosanthes
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Dichanthelium oligosanthes ssp. oligosanthes
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-038:
Panicum oligosanthes
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum oligosanthes
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum oligosanthes
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, barrens over xeric alluvial deposits, other xeric sandy soils, sandy fields and open woods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain & SC Piedmont, rare in GA & NC Piedmont
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked, and often a basal rosette of overwintering leaves
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Early-season ("spring") panicles terminal; later "autumnal" panicles are lateral
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain yellowish/Purplish
Grain
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