Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium aciculare
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
This species is one foot or less tall, with slender leaves which usually are inrolled for much of their length -- making them look "needle-like", as the common name describes. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium aciculare
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Dichanthelium aciculare ssp. aciculare
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-028:
Panicum aciculare FAMILY Poaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum aciculare
INCLUDING (CORRECTIBLE ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum arenicolum
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum bennettense
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum aciculare
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum bennettense
COMMON NAME:
Needleleaf Witchgrass, Needleleaf Rosette Grass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_diac_002_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_paac11_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_paac11_002_lhd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium aciculare
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dichanthelium aciculare
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Dichanthelium aciculare ssp. aciculare
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-028:
Panicum aciculare
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum aciculare
INCLUDING (CORRECTIBLE ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR)
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum arenicolum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum bennettense
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum aciculare
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum bennettense
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Sandy woods and fields, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p218
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p645
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