OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium aciculare   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Dichanthelium aciculare ssp. neuranthum

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

Panicum neuranthum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Panicum neuranthum

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Panicum ovinum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Panicum neuranthum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Panicum ovinum

 

COMMON NAME:
Nerved Witchgrass


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image of Dichanthelium neuranthum, Nerved Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_pane6_001_lhd

        

image of Dichanthelium neuranthum, Nerved Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_paov3_001_lhd

        

image of Dichanthelium neuranthum, Nerved Witchgrass

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_dich_neuranthum2

May    Dare County    NC

Vernal panicle branches strongly ascending to erect; spikelets 1.8-2.2mm long, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium aciculare   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium aciculare ssp. neuranthum

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

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum neuranthum

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum ovinum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum neuranthum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum ovinum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3902

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Maritime wet grasslands, Piedmont prairie-like barrens, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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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
Grain

 

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