Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Panicum philadelphicum ssp. philadelphicum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Panicum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum philadelphicum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Panicum philadelphicum
SYNONYMOUS WITH New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Panicum philadelphicum var. philadelphicum
INCLUDING & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Panicum tuckermannii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Panicum philadelphicum ssp. philadelphicum
INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Panicum capillare var. sylvaticum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-013:
Panicum philadelphicum FAMILY Poaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum philadelphicum
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum tuckermanii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum philadelphicum
COMMON NAME:
Woodland Panicgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_paph_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_paph_002_lhd
Panicum philadelphicum.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_patu_001_lhd
Panicum tuckermanii.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Panicum philadelphicum ssp. philadelphicum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum philadelphicum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Panicum philadelphicum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Panicum philadelphicum var. philadelphicum
INCLUDING & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Panicum tuckermannii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Panicum philadelphicum ssp. philadelphicum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Panicum capillare var. sylvaticum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-013:
Panicum philadelphicum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum philadelphicum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum tuckermanii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum philadelphicum
4298
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Glades, barrens, desiccated pondshores, riversides, and other rocky or dry sandy soil of open woods and roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains & in Piedmont of GA & NC (uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC & in SC Piedmont) (rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked (plants lacking a rosette of overwintering basal leaves)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain yellowish or olivaceous
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p687
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p689
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