NameThatPlant.net: Panicum virgatum var. cubense

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Panicum virgatum var. cubense FAMILY Poaceae Go to FSUS key

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INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum virgatum var. virgatum FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-006?:

Panicum virgatum FAMILY Poaceae

COMMON NAME:
Blunt Switchgrass, Savanna Panicgrass, Blunt Panicgrass

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Panicum virgatum var. cubense FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum virgatum var. virgatum FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-006?:
Panicum virgatum FAMILY Poaceae

4207

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Wet to dry sandy pinelands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Coastal Plain, uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets reddish-purple becoming tan-colored

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain grayish
Grain

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