Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Panicum philadelphicum ssp. philadelphicum
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Panicum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum philadelphicum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Panicum philadelphicum var. philadelphicum
INCLUDING & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Panicum tuckermannii
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Panicum capillare var. sylvaticum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-013:
Panicum philadelphicum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum philadelphicum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum tuckermanii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum philadelphicum
COMMON NAME:
Woodland Panicgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_paph_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_paph_002_lhd
Panicum philadelphicum.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_patu_001_lhd
Panicum tuckermanii.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Panicum philadelphicum ssp. philadelphicum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum philadelphicum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Panicum philadelphicum var. philadelphicum
INCLUDING & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Panicum tuckermannii
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Panicum capillare var. sylvaticum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-013:
Panicum philadelphicum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum philadelphicum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum tuckermanii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum philadelphicum
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in GA Piedmont & NC, rare in GA Coastal Plain & SC
Look for it in glades, barrens, desiccated pondshores, riversides, and other rocky or dry sandy soil of open woods and roadsides, 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.
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked (plants lacking a rosette of overwintering basal leaves)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain yellowish or olivaceous
Grain
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