Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Dichanthelium nudicaule
FAMILY
Poaceae
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(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
FAMILY
Poaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
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Panicum dichotomum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Panicum nudicaule
COMMON NAME:
Witchgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_panu7_001_lhd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Dichanthelium nudicaule
FAMILY
Poaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
FAMILY
Poaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
-
Panicum dichotomum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Panicum nudicaule
3908
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to Florida & Alabama
Documented growing wild in - - -
Rare
Habitat: bogs, wet pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora
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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
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