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|name=Panicum malacon
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Paniceae;Dichanthelium;Dichanthelium sect. Lanuginosa;Dichanthelium ovale;Dichanthelium ovale subsp. ovale
|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. ovale]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
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|treatment_page=page 429
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Basal </b>blades 3-8 cm, rigid, with long hairs on or near the bases and margins. <b>Culms</b> more than 1 mm thick, stiff; lower internodes pilose; upper internodes short-pilose to nearly glabrous. <b>Cauline</b> sheaths with ascending hairs, hairs to 4 mm, not papillose-based: ligules 1-4 mm; blades 5-12 mm wide, firm, ascending, abaxial surfaces appressed-pubescent, adaxial surfaces nearly glabrous except for the long hairs on or near the scabridulous margins and bases. <b>Spikelets</b> 2.5-3 mm, ellipsoid, sparsely to densely pilose. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|discussion=<p><i>Dichanthelium ovale </i>subsp.<i> ovale</i> grows in dry, open, sandy woods, pinelands, and sandhills along the east coast of the United States from New Jersey south¬wards, extending into the coastal plain from eastern Texas to South Carolina, and in Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. It intergrades somewhat with <i></i>subsp.<i> pseudopubescens</i>. Occasional long-spikelet specimens exhibit morphological characteristics of <i>D. oligosanthes</i> and <i>D. commutatum</i>.</p>
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name=Dichanthelium ovale subsp. ovale
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|rank=subspecies
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|synonyms=Panicum malacon
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|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik;Hana Pazdírková
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
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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. ovale
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