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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Panicum virgatum var. cubense   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum virgatum var. virgatum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Panicum virgatum var. virgatum

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

Panicum virgatum

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Panicum virgatum var. virgatum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-006?:

Panicum virgatum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Panicum virgatum var. cubense

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

Panicum virgatum var. cubense

 

COMMON NAME:
Blunt Switchgrass, Savanna Panicgrass, Blunt Panicgrass


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image of Panicum virgatum var. cubense, Blunt Switchgrass, Savanna Panicgrass, Blunt Panicgrass

Keith Bradley    kab_p_virgatum_cube_77088

June    Miami-Dade County    FL

Everglades National Park

Panicle narrower than that of var. virgatum, with ascending branches, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Panicum virgatum var. cubense, Blunt Switchgrass, Savanna Panicgrass, Blunt Panicgrass

Alan S. Weakley    asw_10231869849825217

July    Hoke County    NC

image of Panicum virgatum var. cubense, Blunt Switchgrass, Savanna Panicgrass, Blunt Panicgrass

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_p_virgatum_cubense1

July    Scotland County    NC

Stems 0.5-1.5m tall, much shorter than var. virgatum (which can reach 3m), per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Panicum virgatum var. cubense, Blunt Switchgrass, Savanna Panicgrass, Blunt Panicgrass

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_p_virgatum_cubense2

July    Scotland County    NC

image of Panicum virgatum var. cubense, Blunt Switchgrass, Savanna Panicgrass, Blunt Panicgrass

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_p_virgatum_cubense2b

July    Scotland County    NC

Spikelets are purplish, becoming tan-colored, 2.8-3.2mm long with acute tip, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Panicum virgatum var. cubense   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum virgatum var. virgatum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Panicum virgatum var. virgatum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Panicum virgatum

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Panicum virgatum var. virgatum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-006?:
Panicum virgatum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum virgatum var. cubense

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum virgatum var. cubense

 

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4207

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Wet to dry sandy pinelands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Coastal Plain, uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked (plants lacking a rosette of overwintering basal leaves)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets reddish-purple becoming tan-colored

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain grayish
Grain

 

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