Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Panicum capillare
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Panicum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum capillare
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Panicum capillare
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Panicum capillare ssp. capillare
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-010:
Panicum capillare FAMILY Poaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum capillare var. capillare
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum capillare
COMMON NAME:
Old-witch Panicgrass, Tickle Grass, Tumbleweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_paca6_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_paca6_004_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_paca6_006_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0311g_35
November Chester County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Panicles densely flowered, very diffuse, included at base until maturity, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm0311h_03
November Chester County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Blades 10-25cm long, 5-15mm wide, hispid on both surfaces; sheaths hispid, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Panicum capillare
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum capillare
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Panicum capillare
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Panicum capillare ssp. capillare
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-010:
Panicum capillare
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum capillare var. capillare
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum capillare
1016
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Open sandy or stony soil, fields, roadsides, waste places, often weedy in cultivated soil, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked (plants lacking a rosette of overwintering basal leaves)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain
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