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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Panicum capillare   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum capillare   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Panicum capillare

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Panicum capillare ssp. capillare

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-010:

Panicum capillare   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Panicum capillare var. capillare

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Panicum capillare

 

COMMON NAME:
Old-witch Panicgrass, Tickle Grass, Tumbleweed


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image of Panicum capillare, Old-witch Panicgrass, Tickle Grass, Tumbleweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_paca6_001_lvd

        

image of Panicum capillare, Old-witch Panicgrass, Tickle Grass, Tumbleweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_paca6_004_lvd

        

image of Panicum capillare, Old-witch Panicgrass, Tickle Grass, Tumbleweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_paca6_006_lvd

        

image of Panicum capillare, Old-witch Panicgrass, Tickle Grass, Tumbleweed

JK Marlow    jkm0311g_35

November    Chester County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

Panicles densely flowered, very diffuse, included at base until maturity, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Panicum capillare, Old-witch Panicgrass, Tickle Grass, Tumbleweed

JK Marlow    jkm0311h_03

November    Chester County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

Blades 10-25cm long, 5-15mm wide, hispid on both surfaces; sheaths hispid, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Panicum capillare   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum capillare   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Panicum capillare

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Panicum capillare ssp. capillare

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-010:
Panicum capillare   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum capillare

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1016

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Open sandy or stony soil, fields, roadsides, waste places, often weedy in cultivated soil, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked (plants lacking a rosette of overwintering basal leaves)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain

 

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