Starved Witchgrass
Dichanthelium depauperatum
Description 5
One of the four Dichantheliums in the area with long, "grass-like" leaves, found in grassland or woodland communities, usually over acidic soil (though I do come across it in and around calcareous glades). Famously recognized by its "dunce cap" pointed spikelets. The upper leaf surface is only sparsely hairy, a trait it shares with D. werneri.
Spikelets: 3.2-4.3 mm long, 1-1.7 mm wide, ellipsoid-pointed, glabrous or finely pubescent.
From FNA
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More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- Go Botany
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- VASCAN by Canadensys
- World Flora Online
