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