Flora of the Southeastern United States

Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliott) Gould. Common name: Round-fruited Witchgrass. Phenology: May-Oct. Habitat: Moist or dry thin woods, meadows, and ditches, often in dry sandy soil. Distribution: MA, VT, OH, and KA south to FL and TX; Mexico.

ID notes: Nodes are infrequently bearded, but internodes remain glabrous.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Dichanthelium inflatum probably warrants taxonomic recognition at variety rank, as was often done in the past in Panicum (see synonymy); the appropriate combination has not been made in Dichanthelium.

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA25, Il, Mex, Mi, NY, Pa, Va, Gould & Clark (1978); = Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliott) Gould var. sphaerocarpon — K4; = Panicum sphaerocarpon Elliott — C, NcTx, RAB, WV; > Dichanthelium inflatum (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) J.R.Thomas; > Panicum sphaerocarpon Elliott var. inflatum (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Hitchc. & Chase — F, G, HC, S; > Panicum sphaerocarpon Elliott var. sphaerocarpon — F, G, HC, S. Basionym: Panicum sphaerocarpon Elliott 1816

Links to other floras: = Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
• Great Plains: FACU
• Midwest: FACU
• Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 7