Dichanthelium commutatum subsp. equilaterale

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 414.

Plants from loose caudices. Culms stiffly erect, glabrous. Basal blades large, usually 8-14 cm long, 7-22 mm wide. Cauline blades 5-14 mm wide, about 10 times longer than wide, linear, thin, firm, spreading. Spikelets 3-3.2 mm; lower glumes 1.6-1.8 mm, about 1/2 as long as the spikelets.

Discussion

Dichanthelium commutatum subsp. equilaterale grows in sandy pine and oak woodlands. Its range extends to southeastern Mexico and Nicaragua.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Mary E. Barkworth +
(Schult.) Gould +
Del. +, W.Va. +, Fla. +, Conn. +, D.C. +, N.J. +, Mass. +, R.I. +, La. +, Tenn. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Pa. +, N.Y. +, Va. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Ill. +, Ga. +, Ind. +, Maine +, Md. +, Tex. +, Ohio +, Mo. +, Mich. +, Okla. +, Miss. +  and Ky. +
Panicum commutatum +  and Panicum divergens +
Dichanthelium commutatum subsp. equilaterale +
Dichanthelium commutatum +
subspecies +