Dichanthelium strigosum (Muhlenberg ex Elliott) Freckman
Natural range: North America and Caribbean
Habitat: Moist habitats
Florida status: Native, with three varieties
Recognition: Plant a ground-hugging rosette; hairs on sheath pointing upward; leaf blades 3-5 mm wide, glabrous except for strigose margins, to 7 cm long. Panicle short, to 6 cm. Spikelets 1.1-2.1 mm, the hairs not papilla-based (vs. D. laxiflorum).
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D. laxiflorum |
D. strigosum |
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Spikelets |
(1.7) 2.2-2.3 |
1.1-2.1 |
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Spikelet hairs |
Papillose |
Not papillose |
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Upper stem leaves |
Long |
Short |
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Leaf cilia |
Not or slightly papillose |
Papillose |
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Sheath hairs |
Retrorse----often hirsute |
Ascending |
