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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium erectifolium   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Dichanthelium erectifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-054:

Panicum erectifolium   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Panicum erectifolium

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

Panicum erectifolium

 

COMMON NAME:
Erectleaf Witchgrass, Erectleaf Panicgrass


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image of Dichanthelium erectifolium, Erectleaf Witchgrass, Erectleaf Panicgrass

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmderectifolium_tb

Month Unknown        

Leaf blades 7-14cm long, 6-12mm wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Dichanthelium erectifolium, Erectleaf Witchgrass, Erectleaf Panicgrass

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmderectifolium_tb2

Month Unknown        

Panicle rather narrow, densely flowered; spikelets nearly spherical, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium erectifolium   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium erectifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-054:
Panicum erectifolium   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2425

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

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

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked, and often a basal rosette of overwintering leaves

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer

Early-season ("spring") panicles terminal; later "autumnal" panicles are lateral

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain yellowish/Purplish
Grain

 

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