Dichanthelium malacon (Nash) LeBlond. Common name: Dehiscent Witch Grass. Phenology: April-Dec. Habitat: Dry pine/scrub oak woodlands. Distribution: Disjunctly from NJ south to FL and AL; reported from TX

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Other Comments: The basally attenuate spikelets, first glumes ½ or more as long as the spikelets, and dehiscent glumes and sterile lemmas distinguish this wide-ranging but local and uncommon species. RAB recognized the name P. malacon, but misapplied it to specimens referable to D. oligosanthes (Schultes) Gould and D. fusiforme (A.S. Hitchcock) Harvill.

Synonymy ⓘ: = FlGr, LeBlond (2016); = n/a — C; = Panicum malacon Nash — HC, S; < Dichanthelium ovale (Elliott) Gould & C.A.Clark — K4; < Dichanthelium ovale (Elliott) Gould & C.A.Clark var. ovale — FNA25, Gould & Clark (1978); < Panicum malacon Nash — RAB, misapplied; < Panicum ovale Elliott var. ovale — Lelong (1984); Panicum malacon Nash. Basionym: Panicum malacon Nash 1897

Links to other floras: < Dichanthelium ovale var. ovale - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 9