Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Dichanthelium longiligulatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Dichanthelium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium longiligulatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Dichanthelium acuminatum ssp. longiligulatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-048:
Panicum longiligulatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum longiligulatum
COMMON NAME:
Long-ligule Witchgrass, Coastal Plain Witchgrass
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May Williamsburg County SC
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May Williamsburg County SC
Culms 2-7dm long, wiry. Leaf blades glabrous, to 8cm long, 2-6mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow s050528_b
May Williamsburg County SC
Panicle 3-8cm long, branches spreading to ascending. Spikelets 1.2-1.5mm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Dichanthelium longiligulatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium longiligulatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Dichanthelium acuminatum ssp. longiligulatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-048:
Panicum longiligulatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum longiligulatum
1943
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Mountains
Look for it in limesink ponds, depression meadows, cypress savannas, pine savannas, bogs, swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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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