Description ²

One of the four Dichantheliums in the area with long, "grass-like" leaves, found in grassland or woodland communities (especially glades). Of the four it is typically the hairiest, with conspicuous, messy, long sheath hairs of varying lengths. Additionally the upper leaf surface is also consistently short hairy (making the ligule difficult to isolate visually), a character that separates it from D. depauperatum and D. werneri.

Spikelets: 2.0-3.2 mm long, 0.8-1.4 mm wide, ellipsoid, not turgid, sparsely pubescent.

From FNA

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Don Sutherland, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Don Sutherland
2. (c) Nathan Aaron, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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