Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Dichanthelium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri
FAMILY
Poaceae
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PLANTS National Database
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. acuminatum
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-039?:
Panicum lanuginosum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum lindheimeri
COMMON NAME:
Lindheimer's Witchgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pali11_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_pali11_002_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS National Database
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. acuminatum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-039?:
Panicum lanuginosum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum lindheimeri
4297
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in NC Mtns & Piedmt, rare in Coastal Plain of GA-SC, uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Look for it in open or cut-over woods, thickets, fields, meadows, and shores, often on wet 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:
Grain yellowish/Purplish
Grain
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