Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Dichanthelium laxiflorum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium laxiflorum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 029-81-025:
Panicum laxiflorum
FAMILY
Poaceae
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum laxiflorum
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum xalapense var. strictirameum
COMMON NAME:
Open-flower Witchgrass, Open-flower Rosette Grass
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JK Marlow jkm0304k_12
April Beaufort County SC
Early panicles 4-9cm long, later panicles partly hidden in leaf sheaths, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
JK Marlow jkm060506_139
May Pickens County SC
Clemson Forest
Leave blades soft, not stiff ("lax" - thus the scientific name), per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.