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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium depauperatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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This is one of the few witchgrasses that does not produce an obvious rosette of leaves at ground level. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium depauperatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Dichanthelium depauperatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-023:
Panicum depauperatum FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum depauperatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum depauperatum
COMMON NAME:
Starved Witchgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pade12_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_pade12_002_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmddepauperatum_home1
April Anderson County SC
Panicle usually not much exceeding leaves, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm220525_8053
May Greenville County SC
No obvious basal rosette: leaves are alike and erect to strongly ascending, long, and linear, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm220525_8054
May Greenville County SC
Vernal phase with culms several to many in a tuft. Leaf blades 6-15cm x 2-5mm, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm220525_8056
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm220525_8059
May Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium depauperatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium depauperatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium depauperatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-023:
Panicum depauperatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum depauperatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum depauperatum
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Dry soils of grasslands and open woods, often on disturbed soils of roadsides and ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal "cushion" (not a distinct rosette) & low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Early-season ("spring") panicles terminal; later "autumnal" panicles are lateral
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain brownish
Grain
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