Dichanthelium aciculare subsp. aciculare

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 444.

Plants densely cespitose. Culms usually 15-35 cm, usually pubescent, at least on the lower internodes; nodes sometimes bearded, usually yellowish; lower internodes puberulent to appressed-pilose. Cauline blades usually 4-6 cm. Primary panicles usually open, branches spreading to ascending, not appearing 1-sided. Spikelets 1.7-2.3 mm, obovoid, blunt.

Discussion

Dichanthelium aciculare subsp. aciculare is common in sterile, open sands on the coastal plain. It is restricted to the eastern United States and Mexico.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Mary E. Barkworth +
(Desv. ex Poir.) Gould & C.A. Clark +
Puerto Rico +, Md. +, N.J. +, Okla. +, Miss. +, Tex. +, La. +, Del. +, Ala. +, D.C. +, Tenn. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Va. +, Ark. +, Ga. +, Ky. +, Fla. +, Ind. +, N.Y. +, Pa. +  and W.Va. +
Panicum aciculare +
Dichanthelium aciculare subsp. aciculare +
Dichanthelium aciculare +
subspecies +