Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
The common name refers to the densely hairy ring or "beard" of white hairs at the stem nodes. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Dichanthelium annulum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. mattamuskeetense
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-045?:
Panicum dichotomum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum annulum
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Panicum annulum
COMMON NAME:
Ringed Witchgrass
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_dich_annulum1
August Stanly County NC
Tends to be a low-growing, rather spreading plant, not bolt-upright, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.