Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dichanthelium columbianum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Dichanthelium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium sabulorum var. thinium
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dichanthelium portoricense
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Dichanthelium acuminatum ssp. columbianum
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dichanthelium sabulorum var. thinium
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-042:
Panicum columbianum FAMILY Poaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum columbianum var. columbianum
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum tsugetorum
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum columbianum
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum tsugetorum
COMMON NAME:
American Witchgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_paco29_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_paco29_002_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dichanthelium columbianum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium sabulorum var. thinium
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dichanthelium portoricense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium acuminatum ssp. columbianum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dichanthelium sabulorum var. thinium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-042:
Panicum columbianum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum columbianum var. columbianum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum tsugetorum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum columbianum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum tsugetorum
2661
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Dry to moist thin woods and open ground, usually in sandy soil, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Mountains & Piedmont of NC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked, and often a basal rosette of overwintering leaves
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Early-season ("spring") panicles terminal; later "autumnal" panicles are lateral
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain yellowidh/Purplish
Grain
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