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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Dichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Dichanthelium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Dichanthelium (Poaceae) in the United States and Canada (Gould & Clark, 1978)
Dichanthelium leucoblepharis var. pubescens
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-027:
Panicum strigosum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum strigosum
COMMON NAME:
Rough-hairy Witchgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_past13_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Dichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Dichanthelium (Poaceae) in the United States and Canada (Gould & Clark, 1978)
Dichanthelium leucoblepharis var. pubescens
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-027:
Panicum strigosum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum strigosum
3921
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont
Look for it in moist soils of pine flatwoods, savannas, and pocosins, also in boggy situations, 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
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