Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Dichanthelium laxiflorum
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 laxiflorum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-025:
Panicum laxiflorum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum laxiflorum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum xalapense var. strictirameum
COMMON NAME:
Open-flower Witchgrass, Open-flower Rosette Grass
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_pala15_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_pala15_002_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_paxa3_001_lhd
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm200425_4238
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
A bright chartreuse green (other Dichs tend to be a darker/cooler green), per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm200425_4239
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Leaf blades soft and not stiff (lax, thus the scientific and common names), per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm200425_4239b
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Sheaths conspicuously retrorsely long-pilose; nodes bearded, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm200425_4241
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200425_4242
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200425_4243
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Flowering stems reportedly may reach 1.5', but most are 10" or less, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm200425_4243b
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm060506_139
May Pickens County SC
Clemson Forest
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JK Marlow jkm060506_166
May Pickens County SC
Clemson Forest
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JK Marlow jkm190802_0489
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200920_7296
September Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Autumnal blades scarcely reduced, much exceeding the secondary panicles, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm201002_7511
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Leaf margins ciliate, at least basally, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-025:
Panicum laxiflorum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum laxiflorum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum xalapense var. strictirameum
464
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in open or shaded woodlands, often in moist soil, 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
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal "cushion" (not a distinct rosette) & low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Early-season ("spring") panicles terminal; later "autumnal" panicles are lateral
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain whitish/Yellowish
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p220
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States p644