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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dichanthelium depauperatum   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Dichanthelium depauperatum, Starved Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pade12_001_lvd

        

image of Dichanthelium depauperatum, Starved Witchgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_pade12_002_lvd

        

image of Dichanthelium depauperatum, Starved Witchgrass

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).

image of Dichanthelium depauperatum, Starved Witchgrass

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.

image of Dichanthelium depauperatum, Starved Witchgrass

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).

image of Dichanthelium depauperatum, Starved Witchgrass

JK Marlow    jkm220525_8056

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Dichanthelium depauperatum, Starved Witchgrass

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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462

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)

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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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