HAIRY DICHANTHELIUM
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Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw. ) Gould & C.A. Clark var. acuminatum
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[=Panicum acuminatum Sw. var. acuminatum ] |
Comanche County, Kansas |
Perennial |
Height: 8-24 inches |
Family: Poaceae - Grass Family |
Flowering Period: May, June |
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Also Called: | | Woolly rosette grass, woolly panic grass. | Culms: | | Erect or ascending, simple initially, often branching with age, stiff, usually pubescent, olive-green to purplish, nodes bearded with spreading hairs. | Blades: | | Firm, erect or ascending, variously pubescent with ascending to spreading hairs or rarely nearly glabrous, olive-green to purplish; stem blades mostly 1.6 to 4 inches long, 1/5 to 1/3 inch wide, those of later branches shorter, narrower, more crowded; rosette blades shorter, broad. | Sheaths: | | Shorter than internodes, densely long-hairy. | Ligules: | | Conspicuous fringe of hairs 1/12 to 1/5 inch long. | Inflorescences: | | Panicle, pyramidal early, 1.2 to 3.6 inches long, nearly as wide, usually purplish; branches ascending or spreading, often long-hairy. | Spikelets: | | Ovate to elliptic, to 1/10 inch long, usually pubescent; first glume about 1/3 as long as spikelet; second glume and sterile lemma nearly equal. | Habitat: | | Prairies and open woods; sandy soils. | Distribution: | | East 2/3 of Kansas. |
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| Hairy dichanthelium inflorescences |  | 60 KB | Comanche County, Kansas |
| Hairy dichanthelium blade |  | 54 KB | Comanche County, Kansas |
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| Hairy dichanthelium stem |  | 66 KB | Comanche County, Kansas |
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