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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium oligosanthes
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. oligosanthes
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Dichanthelium oligosanthes ssp. oligosanthes
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-038:
Panicum oligosanthes FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum oligosanthes
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum oligosanthes
COMMON NAME:
Few-flowered Witchgrass, Heller's Witchgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_paol2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090717_137
July Georgetown County SC
Hobcaw Barony
Blades stiffly spreading or ascending, 6-14cm long, 5-8mm wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm090717_138
July Georgetown County SC
Hobcaw Barony
Blade upper surface glabrous or nearly so, harshly puberulent beneath, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdoligosanthes_cabin1
Month Unknown Clarendon County SC
Vernal culms 35-80cm tall, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium oligosanthes
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. oligosanthes
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium oligosanthes ssp. oligosanthes
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-038:
Panicum oligosanthes
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum oligosanthes
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum oligosanthes
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, barrens over xeric alluvial deposits, other xeric sandy soils, sandy fields and open woods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain & SC Piedmont, rare in GA & NC Piedmont
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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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