OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dichanthelium roanokense   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

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

Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. roanokense

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

Dichanthelium dichotomum var. roanokense

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-045?:

Panicum dichotomum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Panicum roanokense

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

Panicum roanokense

 

COMMON NAME:
Roanoke Witchgrass


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image of Dichanthelium roanokense, Roanoke Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_paro4_001_lhd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dichanthelium roanokense   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

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. roanokense

SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy of the Dichotoma group of Dichanthelium (Poaceae) (LeBlond, 2001)
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. roanokense

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-045?:
Panicum dichotomum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4346

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, swamp openings, and wet peaty meadows, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon

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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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