NameThatPlant.net: Dichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum FAMILY Poaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Dichanthelium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Dichanthelium strigosum ssp. strigosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH New combinations for Panicum ... (Poaceae) of the southeast US (Lelong, 1984)

Panicum strigosum var. strigosum

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Panicum strigosum

COMMON NAME:
Rough-hairy Witchgrass

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image of Dichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum, Rough-hairy Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_past13_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium strigosum ssp. strigosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH New combinations for Panicum ... (Poaceae) of the southeast US (Lelong, 1984)
Panicum strigosum var. strigosum

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum strigosum

3921

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Moist soils of pine flatwoods, savannas, and pocosins, also in boggy situations, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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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

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p645

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