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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dichanthelium longiligulatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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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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May Williamsburg County SC
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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).
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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
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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