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|accepted_name=Dichanthelium ovale subsp. villosissimum
|accepted_authority=(Nash) Freckmann & Lelong
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Panicum villosissimum
|authority=unknown
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|name=Panicum acuminatum var. villosum
|authority=unknown
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Paniceae;Dichanthelium;Dichanthelium sect. Lanuginosa;Dichanthelium ovale;Dichanthelium ovale subsp. villosissimum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Paniceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Dichanthelium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Dichanthelium sect. Lanuginosa]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Dichanthelium ovale]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subspecies</small>[[Dichanthelium ovale subsp. villosissimum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 430
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Basal </b>blades 3-7 cm, evenly long pilose. <b>Culms</b> more than 1 mm thick, stiff, often decumbent or prostrate in the fall; internodes with soft, spreading or retrorse, papillose-based hairs, hairs longer than 4 mm. <b>Cauline</b> sheaths with soft, spreading or retrorse hairs, hairs longer than 4 mm, papillose-based; ligules 2-5 mm; blades 6-10 mm wide, both surfaces densely pilose, hairs longer than 4 mm, margins short-ciliate basally, scabridulous and faintly whitish elsewhere. <b>Spikelets</b> 2.1-2.5 mm, usually ellipsoid, with dense, spreading, papillose-based hairs. <b>Lower</b> glumes 1/3– 1/2 as long as the spikelets, usually acute. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|discussion=<p><i>Dichanthelium ovale </i>subsp.<i> villosissimum</i> grows in dry, sandy, open pine and oak woodlands. It and <i></i>subsp.<i> pseudopubescens</i> are the most common and widespread subspecies throughout the eastern United States. The range of <i></i>subsp.<i> villosissimum</i> extends to Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. It grades into the less pubescent <i></i>subsp.<i> pseudopubescens</i>, and occasional specimens with smaller spikelets approach <i>D. acuminatum </i>subsp.<i> acuminatum</i>, which is usually densely grayish, velvety-pubescent.</p>
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name=Dichanthelium ovale subsp. villosissimum
|author=
|authority=(Nash) Freckmann & Lelong
|rank=subspecies
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=Panicum villosissimum;Panicum acuminatum var. villosum
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|family=Poaceae
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Paniceae
|genus=Dichanthelium
|section=Dichanthelium sect. Lanuginosa
|species=Dichanthelium ovale
|subspecies=Dichanthelium ovale subsp. villosissimum
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