OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
 Dichanthelium acuminatum var. fasciculatum   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. acuminatum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-039?:

Panicum lanuginosum   FAMILY Poaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
 Slender-stemmed Witchgrass, Western Woolly Witchgrass

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
 Dichanthelium acuminatum var. fasciculatum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. acuminatum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-039?:
 Panicum lanuginosum   FAMILY Poaceae

 

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4359

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Open or cut-over woods, thickets, fields, meadows, and shores, frequently on disturbed soils, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains, rare in Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

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

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain yellowish/Purplish
Grain

 

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