OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dichanthelium longiligulatum   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium longiligulatum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Dichanthelium leucothrix

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

Dichanthelium acuminatum ssp. longiligulatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Dichanthelium longiligulatum

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Panicum spretum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Dichanthelium (Poaceae) in the United States and Canada (Gould & Clark, 1978)

Dichanthelium acuminatum var. longiligulatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-048:

Panicum longiligulatum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Panicum lanuginosum var. lindheimeri

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

Panicum longiligulatum

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

Panicum longiligulatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Long-ligule Witchgrass, Coastal Plain Witchgrass


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image of Dichanthelium longiligulatum, Long-ligule Witchgrass, Coastal Plain Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm0505t_03

May    Williamsburg County    SC

image of Dichanthelium longiligulatum, Long-ligule Witchgrass, Coastal Plain Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm0505t_03b

May    Williamsburg County    SC

image of Dichanthelium longiligulatum, Long-ligule Witchgrass, Coastal Plain Witchgrass

JK Marlow    s050528_a

May    Williamsburg County    SC

Culms 2-7dm long, wiry. Leaf blades glabrous, to 8cm long, 2-6mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Dichanthelium longiligulatum, Long-ligule Witchgrass, Coastal Plain Witchgrass

JK Marlow    s050528_b

May    Williamsburg County    SC

Panicle 3-8cm long, branches spreading to ascending. Spikelets 1.2-1.5mm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dichanthelium longiligulatum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium longiligulatum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dichanthelium leucothrix

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium acuminatum ssp. longiligulatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dichanthelium longiligulatum

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Panicum spretum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Dichanthelium (Poaceae) in the United States and Canada (Gould & Clark, 1978)
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. longiligulatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-048:
Panicum longiligulatum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Panicum lanuginosum var. lindheimeri

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum longiligulatum

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

 

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1943

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Limesink ponds, depression meadows, cypress savannas, pine savannas, bogs, swamps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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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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