Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Panicum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum
INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Panicum dichotomiflorum ssp. dichotomiflorum
INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Panicum lacustre
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Panicum lacustre
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-008:
Panicum dichotomiflorum FAMILY Poaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum lacustre
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum dichotomiflorum
COMMON NAME:
Fall Panicum, Fall Panicgrass, Spreading Panicgrass
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_pala_001_lvd
Panicum lacustre
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_073
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Gill Newberry gn09_p_dichotomi_folium_p
September
Panicle's main branches ascending, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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Gill Newberry gn09_p_dichotomifolia_in2
September
Spikelets narrowly oblong-ovate, usually about 2.5mm long, acute, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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Gill Newberry gn09_p_dichotomifolia_inf
September
Panicles terminal and axillary, mostly included at base, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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Gill Newberry gn10_p_dichotomiflorum
October
Culms 50-100cm long from a geniculate base [base w abrupt knee-like joints], per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum
INCLUDING
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Panicum dichotomiflorum ssp. dichotomiflorum
INCLUDING
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Panicum lacustre
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Panicum lacustre
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-008:
Panicum dichotomiflorum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum lacustre
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum dichotomiflorum
1018
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Marshy shores, exposed wet soils, alluvial deposits in floodplain forests, spoil banks, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked (plants lacking a rosette of overwintering basal leaves)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain yellowish/Grayish
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p685
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p050
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