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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium aciculare   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Dichanthelium aciculare ssp. fusiforme

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-033:

Panicum fusiforme   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Panicum fusiforme

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

Panicum fusiforme

 

COMMON NAME:
Spindle-fruited Witchgrass


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image of Dichanthelium fusiforme, Spindle-fruited Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_pafu3_001_lhd

        

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium aciculare   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-033:
Panicum fusiforme   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3901

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Dry to moist sand of open pine and pine-oak woods and clearings, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC, rare in GA & 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

 

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