4359

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common in NC, uncommon in GA, rare in SC

Look for it in open or cut-over woods, thickets, fields, meadows, and shores, frequently on disturbed soils, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked, and often a basal rosette of overwintering leaves

FLOWER:
Early-season ("spring") panicles terminal; later "autumnal" panicles are lateral

FRUIT:
Grain yellowish/Purplish
Grain

 

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

• Manual of the Grasses of the United States p657
• Manual of the Grasses of the United States p656

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. fasciculatum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. acuminatum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. implicatum

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 huachucae var. fasciculatum

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum huachucae var. huachucae

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum implicatum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Panicum huachucae var. huachucae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Panicum huachucae var. silvicola

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Panicum tennesseense