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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. oligosanthes   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Dichanthelium oligosanthes ssp. oligosanthes

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-038:

Panicum oligosanthes   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Panicum oligosanthes

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

Panicum oligosanthes

 

COMMON NAME:
Few-flowered Witchgrass, Heller's Witchgrass


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image of Dichanthelium oligosanthes, Few-flowered Witchgrass, Heller's Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_paol2_001_lvd

        

image of Dichanthelium oligosanthes, Few-flowered Witchgrass, Heller's Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm090717_137

July    Georgetown County    SC

Hobcaw Barony

Blades stiffly spreading or ascending, 6-14cm long, 5-8mm wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Dichanthelium oligosanthes, Few-flowered Witchgrass, Heller's Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm090717_138

July    Georgetown County    SC

Hobcaw Barony

Blade upper surface glabrous or nearly so, harshly puberulent beneath, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Dichanthelium oligosanthes, Few-flowered Witchgrass, Heller's Witchgrass

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdoligosanthes_cabin1

Month Unknown    Clarendon County    SC

Vernal culms 35-80cm tall, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. oligosanthes   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-038:
Panicum oligosanthes   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2426

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, barrens over xeric alluvial deposits, other xeric sandy soils, sandy fields and open woods, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain & SC Piedmont, rare in GA & NC Piedmont

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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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