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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Dichanthelium strigosum ssp. strigosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH New combinations for Panicum ... (Poaceae) of the southeast US (Lelong, 1984)
Panicum strigosum var. strigosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Dichanthelium (Poaceae) in the United States and Canada (Gould & Clark, 1978)
Dichanthelium leucoblepharis var. pubescens
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-027:
Panicum strigosum FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum strigosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum strigosum
COMMON NAME:
Rough-hairy Witchgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_past13_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium strigosum ssp. strigosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New combinations for Panicum ... (Poaceae) of the southeast US (Lelong, 1984)
Panicum strigosum var. strigosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Dichanthelium (Poaceae) in the United States and Canada (Gould & Clark, 1978)
Dichanthelium leucoblepharis var. pubescens
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-027:
Panicum strigosum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum strigosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum strigosum
3921
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Moist soils of pine flatwoods, savannas, and pocosins, also in boggy situations, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-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
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