Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dichanthelium roanokense
FAMILY
Poaceae
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One of four members of the D. dichotomum complex that has glabrous stem nodes. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. roanokense
SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy of the Dichotoma group of Dichanthelium (Poaceae) (LeBlond, 2001)
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. roanokense
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-045?:
Panicum dichotomum FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum roanokense
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum roanokense
COMMON NAME:
Roanoke Witchgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_paro4_001_lhd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dichanthelium roanokense
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. roanokense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Taxonomy of the Dichotoma group of Dichanthelium (Poaceae) (LeBlond, 2001)
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. roanokense
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-045?:
Panicum dichotomum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum roanokense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum roanokense
4346
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, swamp openings, and wet peaty meadows, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
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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 yellowish/Purplish
Grain
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