Dichanthelium aciculare (Desvaux ex Poiret) Gould & C.A. Clark. Needle-leaf Witchgrass. Phen: May-Oct. Hab: Sandy woods and fields. Dist: NJ south to n. FL, west to TX, OK and Mexico; West Indies; n. South America
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Other Comments: Blades typically are strongly involute, especially autumnal form.
Synonymy: = Va, LeBlond (2017a) in Weakley et al (2017); = Dichanthelium aciculare (Desv. ex Poir.) Gould & C.A.Clark ssp. aciculare – FNA25; = Panicum aciculare Desv. ex Poir. – F, G, RAB; < Dichanthelium aciculare (Desv. ex Poir.) Gould & C.A.Clark – FlGr, K1, K3, K4, Mex, Gould & Clark (1978); < Panicum aciculare Desv. ex Poir. – C; > Panicum aciculare Desv. ex Poir. – HC, S; < Panicum aciculare Desv. ex Poir. var. aciculare – NcTx; > Panicum arenicola Ashe; > Panicum arenicolum Ashe – HC, correctable orthographic error; > Panicum bennettense M.V.Brown – HC, S
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