familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Panicoideae
genusDichanthelium
speciesDichanthelium commutatum
subspeciesDichanthelium commutatum subsp. ashei
Dichanthelium commutatum subsp. ashei
Synonyms: Panicum commutatum var. ashei Panicum ashei
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 414.
Plants from small caudices. Culms slender, wiry, erect, densely crisp-puberulent. Basal blades usually shorter than 3 cm, to 6 mm wide. Cauline blades 5-8 cm long, 5-10 mm wide, linear-lanceolate, thick, often yellowish-green, bases symmetrical. Spikelets 2.2-2.7 mm. Lower glumes 1/5 – 1/4 the length of the spikelets; lower lemmas pointed.
Discussion
Dichanthelium commutatum subsp. ashei grows in open woodlands. It sometimes resembles, and may hybridize with, D. dichotomum.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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No values specified."usually distinctly longer and narrower" is not a number."decumbent" is not a number.
... more about "Dichanthelium commutatum subsp. ashei"
absent +
common +
absent +
bulliform +
absent +
membranous +
absent +
absent +
arising +
single +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
winter +
well-differentiated +
cordate-clasping +
symmetrical +
hard +
thick +
distinct +
sprawling +
adaxial +
rebranching +
flexuous +
sprawling +
erect;erect +
absent +
sterile +
spikelike +
absent +
sterile +
not developed +
absent +
small +
yellowish-green +
linear-lanceolate +
longer +
longer +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (?) +
wiry +
fascicles +
purplish +
not dense +
annual +
climbing +
floating +
herbaceous +
erect +
axillary +
crisp-puberulent +
woody +
narrow +
1/2 +
waisted +
large +
hard +
capillary +
germination +
adjacent +
sometimes longer +
well-developed +
absent +
reduced +
bisexual +
absent +
gaping +
shorter +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
unequal +
membranous +
equal +
papillose-based +
absent +
lacking +
uncinate +
punctate +
Present +
axillary +
elongated +
absent +
distichous +
hyaline +
coriaceous +
true +
absent +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +
membranous +
free +
absent +
inconspicuous +
glabrous +
cuneate +
fleshy +
staminate +
sterile +
reduced +
1-5-veined +
pointed +
absent +
thin +
separated +
hyaline +
involute +
papillose-based +
absent +
absent +
glabrous +
keeled +
sprawling +
subterranean +
erect +
exserted +
absent +
separating +
thin +
membranous +
developing +
exserted +
chasmogamous +
evident +
knotty +
smaller +
cleistogamous +
small +
higher +
included +
small +
open +
not overlapping +
not viscid +
closed +
complex +
bisexual +
unisexual +
sessile +
length +
attached +
absent +
pubescent +
ellipsoid +
varying +
simple +
convex +
Dichanthelium commutatum subsp. ashei +
Dichanthelium commutatum +
subspecies +
hyaline +
membranous +
sessile +
bisexual +
umbonate +
plump +
5-11-veined +
not saccate +
slightly shorter +
absent +
subequal +
equaling +
glabrous +
shiny +
chartaceous-indurate +
slightly shorter +
equaling +
absent +
rhizomatous +
perennial +
herbaceous +
various +
thick +