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Learn more about Whitehair Witchgrass from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Flora of North America
Dichanthelium ovale ssp. villosissimum
INCLUDED WITHIN
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. acuminatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New combinations for Panicum ... (Poaceae) of the southeast US (Lelong, 1984)
Panicum ovale var. villosum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Dichanthelium (Poaceae) in the United States and Canada (Gould & Clark, 1978)
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. villosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-040:
Panicum villosissimum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum pseudopubescens
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum villosissimum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Panicum pseudopubescens
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Panicum villosissimum
COMMON NAME:
Whitehair Witchgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_paps4_001_lhd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pavi8_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_pavi8_002_lhd
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5439
May Greenville County SC
Blades rather firm, 6-10cm x 5-10mm, pilose on both surfaces, per The Grasses of North Carolina (Blomquist, 1948).
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5439b
May Greenville County SC
Internode and sheath hairs spreading to restrorse, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5477
May Greenville County SC
Vernal phase culms 25-45cm tall, erect or ascending, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5486
May Greenville County SC
The lower margins of each leaf blade are ciliate with long white hairs, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5487
May Greenville County SC
Leaf sheaths longitudinally veined, covered with both long and short hairs, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5489
May Greenville County SC
Generally distinguished by hairy foliage & spikelets, spikelet size (2-2.5mm), &
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5491
May Greenville County SC
... and the width of its vernal leaf blades (4-10mm across), per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.