OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum

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

Panicum dichotomiflorum ssp. dichotomiflorum

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

Panicum lacustre

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Panicum lacustre

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-008:

Panicum dichotomiflorum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum

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

Panicum lacustre

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

Panicum dichotomiflorum

 

COMMON NAME:
Fall Panicum, Fall Panicgrass, Spreading Panicgrass


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image of Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum, Fall Panicum, Fall Panicgrass, Spreading Panicgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_pala_001_lvd

        

Panicum lacustre

image of Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum, Fall Panicum, Fall Panicgrass, Spreading Panicgrass

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_073

        

image of Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum, Fall Panicum, Fall Panicgrass, Spreading Panicgrass

Gill Newberry    gn09_p_dichotomi_folium_p

September        

Panicle's main branches ascending, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum, Fall Panicum, Fall Panicgrass, Spreading Panicgrass

Gill Newberry    gn09_p_dichotomifolia_in2

September        

Spikelets narrowly oblong-ovate, usually about 2.5mm long, acute, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum, Fall Panicum, Fall Panicgrass, Spreading Panicgrass

Gill Newberry    gn09_p_dichotomifolia_inf

September        

Panicles terminal and axillary, mostly included at base, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum, Fall Panicum, Fall Panicgrass, Spreading Panicgrass

Gill Newberry    gn10_p_dichotomiflorum

October        

Culms 50-100cm long from a geniculate base [base w abrupt knee-like joints], per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Panicum dichotomiflorum ssp. dichotomiflorum

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Panicum lacustre

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Panicum lacustre

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-008:
Panicum dichotomiflorum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum dichotomiflorum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1018

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Marshy shores, exposed wet soils, alluvial deposits in floodplain forests, spoil banks, ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked (plants lacking a rosette of overwintering basal leaves)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain yellowish/Grayish
Grain

 

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