Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Dichanthelium boscii
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Dichanthelium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium boscii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-062:
Panicum boscii
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum boscii var. boscii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum boscii var. molle
COMMON NAME:
Bosc's Witchgrass, Bosc's Panicgrass
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pabo5_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_pabo5_002_lhd
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JK Marlow jkm100514_085
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm100514_085b
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Spikelets 3.7-4.2mm long; rachis and spreading-ascending branches villous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm100514_085c
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm180506_478
May Crawford County GA
Culms 40-70cm tall, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm200505_4614
May Spartanburg County SC
Spikelets relatively large.
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JK Marlow jkm200505_4616
May Spartanburg County SC
The nodes of the stems are bearded with soft hairs, per How to Know the Grasses by R.W. Pohl.
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5436
May Greenville County SC
Var. molle difers in its velvety blades and downy-villous culms and sheaths, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5467
May Greenville County SC
The downy variety (molle) is similar in appearance to D. raveneli, however ...
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5470
May Greenville County SC
... Bosc's leaf blades are wider (over 1") than Ravenel's (¾" or less), per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5522
May Greenville County SC
Bosc's Witchgrass has broad and relatively short leaves, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5544
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5552
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5560
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5564
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm100611_018
June Stanly County NC
Morrow Mountain State Park
Blades glabrous, puberulent or pilose on both surfaces, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm200611_5818
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200611_5820
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s050604_l2
June Greenville County SC
Blade margins scaberulose, bases cordate, long-ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow s050604_l3
June Greenville County SC
Panicle 6-12cm long, spikelets 4-4.5mm long, about half as wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Dichanthelium boscii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium boscii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-062:
Panicum boscii
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum boscii var. boscii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum boscii var. molle
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in shaded mesic to dry woodlands, 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.
...Moist
...Dry
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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