Hairy dichanthelium

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Hairy dichanthelium blades

Hairy dichanthelium

Hairy dichanthelium stem

Hairy dichanthelium spikelets

Hairy dichanthelium pubescence

Hairy dichanthelium

Hairy dichanthelium

Hairy dichanthelium habit

Hairy dichanthelium inflorescences

Hairy dichanthelium blade

Hairy dichanthelium

Hairy dichanthelium

Hairy dichanthelium

Hairy dichanthelium blades

Morphology

Culm

Erect or ascending, simple initially, often branching with age, stiff, usually pubescent, olive-green to purplish, nodes bearded with spreading hairs.

Blades

Firm, erect or ascending, variously pubescent with ascending to spreading hairs or rarely nearly glabrous, olive-green to purplish; stem blades mostly 1.6 to 4 inches long, 1/5 to 1/3 inch wide, those of later branches shorter, narrower, more crowded; rosette blades shorter, broad.

Sheath

Shorter than internodes, densely long-hairy.

Ligule

Conspicuous fringe of hairs 1/12 to 1/5 inch long.

Inflorescence

Panicle, open, pyramidal to ovate, 1.2 to 4 inches long, nearly as wide, usually purplish; branches ascending or spreading, often long-hairy.

Spikelets

Solitary, obovoid, to 1/12 inch long, usually pubescent; first glume about 1/3 as long as spikelet, much shorter than second glume, obtuse to acute, glabrous; second glume rounded, 7-veined, pubescent, second glume and sterile lemma nearly equal.

Ecology

Habitat

Prairies and open woods; sandy or clayey soils.

Distribution

East 2/3 of Kansas.

Practical Information

Forage Value

Little forage value.

Additional Notes

Synonyms

Alternative scientific names that have been used for this plant.