Dichanthelium lanuginosum

Family: Poaceae Genus: Dichanthelium Species: lanuginosum

Synonyms: Panicum lindheimeri var. tennesseense, Panicum lanuginosum var. fasciculatum, Panicum lanuginosum subvar. pilosum, Panicum lindheimeri var. fasciculatum, Panicum lanuginosum var. huachucae, Panicum brodiei, Panicum lindheimeri subvar. pilosum, Dichanthelium acuminatum var. septentrionale, Dichanthelium lanuginosum var. fasciculatum, Panicum lindheimeri var. septentrionale, Panicum acuminatum var. fasciculatum, Panicum funstonii, Panicum nitidum var. pilosum, Dichanthelium acuminatum var. fasciculatum, Panicum lanuginosum var. tennesseense, Panicum lanuginosum var. septentrionale, Panicum huachucae var. silvicola, Dichanthelium acuminatum subsp. fasciculatum, Panicum huachucae var. fasciculatum, Panicum tennesseense, Dichanthelium huachucae var. silvicola, Dichanthelium tennesseense, Panicum huachucae, Panicum dichotomum var. fasciculatum, Panicum nitidum var. ciliatum, Panicum dichotomum var. lanuginosum, Dichanthelium huachucae

Botanical Description

Dichanthelium lanuginosum, the woolly rosette panicgrass, is a tufted perennial grass native to a wide swath of North America. It produces a basal rosette of broad, soft, conspicuously hairy leaves over winter, from which slender flowering culms 20-60 cm tall arise in spring. Stems are densely soft-pubescent, with swollen nodes and short internodes. The leaf blades are 4-10 cm long and 5-12 mm wide, flat, ciliate at the base, and clothed with long, spreading, woolly hairs that give the species its epithet. The spring inflorescence is an open, ovoid panicle 4-10 cm long bearing scattered, ellipsoid, finely pubescent spikelets about 2 mm long; later in the season smaller cleistogamous panicles develop in the leaf axils. It grows in open woods, sandy banks, roadsides, and acidic clearings, often on disturbed ground.

Native Region: Alabama, Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Masachusettes, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Cultural & Historical Context

Traditional American Uses

None Documented

Chemistry & External Identifiers

Trefle ID

227332

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