Dichanthelium breve (Hitchcock & Chase) LeBlond. Common name: Short Witchgrass. Habitat: Florida scrub. Distribution: Endemic to c. and s. FL, relatively common on the Lake Wales Ridge in Polk and Highlands counties, but less common on the Atlantic Coastal Ridge of se. FL.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = LeBlond (2018b) in Weakley et al (2018a); = Dichanthelium chamaelonche (Trin.) Freckmann & Lelong ssp. breve (Hitchc. & Chase) Freckmann & Lelong — FNA25; = Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould var. breve (Hitchc. & Chase) Gould & Clark — K4, Gould & Clark (1978); = Dichanthelium ensifolium (Baldwin ex Elliott) Gould var. breve (Hitchc. & Chase) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin — WH3; = Panicum breve Hitchc. & Chase — HC, S, SFla; = Panicum chamaelonche Trin. var. breve (Hitchc. & Chase) Lelong — Lelong (1984). Basionym: Panicum breve Hitchc. & Chase 1910
Links to other floras: = Dichanthelium chamaelonche ssp. breve - FNA25
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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