Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium ravenelii
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Dichanthelium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium ravenelii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Dichanthelium ravenelii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-037:
Panicum ravenelii FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum ravenelii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum ravenelii
COMMON NAME:
Ravenel's Witchgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_para13_001_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdravenelii_home1
April Anderson County SC
Vernal culm 30-70cm tall, densely papillose-hirsute with ascending hairs, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow s060506_k
May Oconee County SC
Clemson Forest
Blades thick, upper surface glabrous, densely velvety-hirsute beneath, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow s060506_l
May Oconee County SC
Clemson Forest
Panicle 7-12cm long. Spikelets 4-4.3mm, sparsely papillose-pubescent, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium ravenelii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium ravenelii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium ravenelii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-037:
Panicum ravenelii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum ravenelii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum ravenelii
2107
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Dry sandy or rocky thin woods and openings, sometimes in moist soils, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain & SC Piedmont, rare in GA Mountains (uncommon 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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