Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium nudicaule
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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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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
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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