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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Dichanthelium acuminatum

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

Dichanthelium ovale ssp. villosissimum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum

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

Panicum ovale var. villosum

INCLUDED WITHIN Dichanthelium (Poaceae) in the United States and Canada (Gould & Clark, 1978)

Dichanthelium acuminatum var. villosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-040:

Panicum villosissimum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Panicum pseudopubescens

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

Panicum villosissimum

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

Panicum pseudopubescens

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

Panicum villosissimum

 

COMMON NAME:
White-haired Witchgrass


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image of Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum, White-haired Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_paps4_001_lhd

        

image of Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum, White-haired Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pavi8_001_lvd

        

image of Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum, White-haired Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_pavi8_002_lhd

        

image of Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum, White-haired Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200531_5439

May    Greenville County    SC

Blades rather firm, 6-10cm x 5-10mm, pilose on both surfaces, per The Grasses of North Carolina (Blomquist, 1948).

image of Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum, White-haired Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200531_5439b

May    Greenville County    SC

Internode and sheath hairs spreading to restrorse, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum, White-haired Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200531_5477

May    Greenville County    SC

Vernal phase culms 25-45cm tall, erect or ascending, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum, White-haired Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200531_5486

May    Greenville County    SC

The lower margins of each leaf blade are ciliate with long white hairs, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.

image of Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum, White-haired Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200531_5487

May    Greenville County    SC

Leaf sheaths longitudinally veined, covered with both long and short hairs, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.

image of Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum, White-haired Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200531_5489

May    Greenville County    SC

Generally distinguished by hairy foliage & spikelets, spikelet size (2-2.5mm), &

image of Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum, White-haired Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm200531_5491

May    Greenville County    SC

... and the width of its vernal leaf blades (4-10mm across), per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.

image of Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum, White-haired Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm230606_3804

June    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium ovale ssp. villosissimum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum

SYNONYMOUS WITH New combinations for Panicum ... (Poaceae) of the southeast US (Lelong, 1984)
Panicum ovale var. villosum

INCLUDED WITHIN Dichanthelium (Poaceae) in the United States and Canada (Gould & Clark, 1978)
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. villosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-040:
Panicum villosissimum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum villosissimum

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

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum villosissimum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4348

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Dry sandy soil of open woods and prairies, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA) (uncommon in SC Mountains)

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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

 

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