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Morphology
- Culm
- Erect or geniculate, slender, branching mostly from base, internodes sparsely pilose to glabrous.
- Blades
- Basal and cauline, ascending or erect; blades 2.4 to 6 inches long, .3 to .6 inch wide, surfaces sparsely to densely papillose-hispid; blades slender and reduced on later branches.
- Sheath
- Shorter than the internodes, strongly papillose-hispid.
- Ligule
- Minute ciliate membrane
- Inflorescence
- Panicle, pyramidal, open, 3 to 4 inches long, ca. 2 inches wide; branches ascending.
- Spikelets
- Elliptical, ca. .15 inch, papillose-hispid; florets 2; first glume half as long as spikelet, .06 to .1 inch, acuminate, papillose, second glume .1 to .14 inch, acute, 7-veined, papillose; lower lemma about equaling second glume, 9-veined, papillose, upper lemma .1 to .12 inch, glabrous.
Ecology
- Habitat
- Prairies, meadows, open woods; full sun; sandy or rocky soils.
- Distribution
- East 1/5 of Kansas
Additional Notes
Comments
Leiberg dichanthelium does not produce a large amount of forage. The autumn form is sparingly branched from the middle and lower nodes and produces a secondary inflorescence until early fall.
Quick Facts
- Plant Type
- Grass
- Family
- Poaceae - Grass Family
- Life Span
- Perennial
- Height
- 8-30 inches
- Origin
- Native
- Last Updated
- 2019-02-26
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Blooms: May, June