OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. roanokense

SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy of the Dichotoma group of Dichanthelium (Poaceae) (LeBlond, 2001)

Dichanthelium caerulescens

INCLUDED WITHIN New combinations for Panicum ... (Poaceae) of the southeast US (Lelong, 1984)

Panicum dichotomum var. roanokense

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-045?:

Panicum dichotomum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Panicum caerulescens

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

Panicum caerulescens

 

COMMON NAME:
Blue Witchgrass


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image of Dichanthelium caerulescens, Blue Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_paca20_001_lhd

        

image of Dichanthelium caerulescens, Blue Witchgrass

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_dich_caerulescens7

May    Dare County    NC

Vernal panicle 3-7cm long; spikelets obovoid, turgid, glabrous, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Dichanthelium caerulescens, Blue Witchgrass

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_dich_caerulescens1

June    Dare County    NC

Mature vernal panicles usually short-exserted with ascending branches, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Dichanthelium caerulescens, Blue Witchgrass

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_dich_caerulescens5

September    Dare County    NC

Autumnal phase w short densely fascicled branches at middle & upper nodes, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. roanokense

SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy of the Dichotoma group of Dichanthelium (Poaceae) (LeBlond, 2001)
Dichanthelium caerulescens

INCLUDED WITHIN New combinations for Panicum ... (Poaceae) of the southeast US (Lelong, 1984)
Panicum dichotomum var. roanokense

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-045?:
Panicum dichotomum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

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3905

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: marshes, swamps, wet pinelands, maritime grasslands, damp sandy soil, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Uncommon in NC, rare in 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

 

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