Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Once learned, this is a highly distinct witchgrass. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Dichanthelium caerulescens
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. roanokense
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 caerulescens
COMMON NAME:
Blue Witchgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_paca20_001_lhd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_dich_caerulescens7
May Dare County NC
Vernal panicle 3-7cm long; spikelets obovoid, turgid, glabrous, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_dich_caerulescens1
June Dare County NC
Mature vernal panicles usually short-exserted with ascending branches, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_dich_caerulescens5
September Dare County NC
Autumnal phase w short densely fascicled branches at middle & upper nodes, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.