Description ²

A distinct grass of high quality prairie and glade remnants that is rare in Missouri. Large for a grassland Dichanthelium, it is evenly covered in short, erect hairs and has a "fuzzy" appearance. Also look for spikelets with long hairs and a very short ligule.

Spikelets: 3.3-3.8 mm long, 1.6-2.0 mm wide, ellipsoid-obovoid, turgid, pubescent, hairs papillose-based, apices rounded.

From FNA

Sources and Credits

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

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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