OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Dichanthelium acuminatum var. acuminatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)

Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri

SYNONYMOUS WITH Field Manual of Michigan Flora (Voss & Reznicek, 2012)

Dichanthelium lindheimeri

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

Dichanthelium acuminatum ssp. lindheimeri

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri

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

Panicum acuminatum var. lindheimeri

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Panicum spretum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-039?:

Panicum lanuginosum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Panicum lanuginosum var. lindheimeri

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Panicum lanuginosum var. septentrionale

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

Panicum lindheimeri

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Panicum lindheimeri

 

COMMON NAME:
Lindheimer's Witchgrass


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image of Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri, Lindheimer's Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pali11_001_lvd

        

image of Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri, Lindheimer's Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_pali11_002_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. acuminatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri

SYNONYMOUS WITH Field Manual of Michigan Flora (Voss & Reznicek, 2012)
Dichanthelium lindheimeri

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

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri

INCLUDING New combinations for Panicum ... (Poaceae) of the southeast US (Lelong, 1984)
Panicum acuminatum var. lindheimeri

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Panicum spretum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-039?:
Panicum lanuginosum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Panicum lanuginosum var. lindheimeri

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Panicum lanuginosum var. septentrionale

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum lindheimeri

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum lindheimeri

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4297

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Open or cut-over woods, thickets, fields, meadows, and shores, often on wet soils, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in SC Mountains) (rare in Coastal Plain of 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
Grain

 

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