Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Dichanthelium annulum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Flora of North America
Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. mattamuskeetense
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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, 1938)
Panicum annulum
COMMON NAME:
Ringed Witchgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_paan10_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_paan10_002_lhd
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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.
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, 1938)
Panicum annulum
3904
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in NC Piedmont, rare elsewhere
Look for it in dry sandy or rocky soil of open woods, dry grasslands, and barrens, and glades over serpentine, limestone, calcareous shales, and other high pH dry soils, 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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!