NameThatPlant.net: Dichanthelium depauperatum

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

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

This is one of the few witchgrasses that does not produce an obvious rosette of leaves at ground level. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium depauperatum FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-023:

Panicum depauperatum FAMILY Poaceae

COMMON NAME:
Starved Witchgrass

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium depauperatum FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-023:
Panicum depauperatum FAMILY Poaceae

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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Dry soils of grasslands and open woods, often on disturbed soils of roadsides and ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (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
Basal "cushion" (not a distinct rosette) & low alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain brownish
Grain

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