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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium nudicaule   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum

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

Dichanthelium nudicaule

SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy of the Dichotoma group of Dichanthelium (Poaceae) (LeBlond, 2001)

Dichanthelium nudicaule

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

Panicum nudicaule

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

Panicum nudicaule

 

COMMON NAME:
Naked Witchgrass


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image of Dichanthelium nudicaule, Naked Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_panu7_001_lhd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium nudicaule   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium nudicaule

SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy of the Dichotoma group of Dichanthelium (Poaceae) (LeBlond, 2001)
Dichanthelium nudicaule

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3908

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, wet pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Florida & Alabama

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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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