Dichanthelium sect. Ensifolia

(Hitchc.) Freckmann & Lelong
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 436.

Plants cespitose, with caudices. Basal rosettes well-differentiated. Culms 5-60 cm tall, 0.2-0.8 (1.6) mm thick, erect or reclining, sometimes geniculate at the lower nodes, glabrous or sparsely pubescent near the bases; fall phase branching from the lower and midculm nodes. Cauline leaves 3-9; sheaths glabrous or sparsely pilose, usually ciliate; ligules 0.2-1.8 mm, of hairs; blades usually 2-5 cm, sometimes with prominent white, cartilaginous margins. Spikelets 1.1-1.7 mm, ellipsoid to narrowly obovoid, glabrous or puberulent. Upper florets subacute to acute.

Selected References

None.

"usually distinctly longer and narrower" is not a number."decumbent" is not a number.

rounded +  and attenuate +
anatomy +  and kranz +
Mary E. Barkworth +
(Hitchc.) Freckmann & Lelong +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
keeled +  and rounded +
well-differentiated +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
divergent +  and parallel +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
disarticulating +  and pseudopetiolate +
non-radiate +  and radiate +
distinct +
shortly ovate +  and lanceolate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
spikelike +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
not developed +
terete +  and compressed +
sometimes longer +
decumbent +  and sprawling +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
reclining +  and erect +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
geniculate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
Minn. +, Conn. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Wash. +, Ala. +, Mich. +, N.C. +, Pa. +, Puerto Rico +, S.C. +, W.Va. +, Ark. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Mo. +, N.Dak. +, Nebr. +, Okla. +, S.Dak. +, Del. +, D.C +, Wis. +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.) +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, Md. +, Mass. +, Maine +, N.H. +, R.I. +, Vt. +, Fla. +, Wyo. +, Miss. +, Ariz. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, La. +, Ga. +, Tenn. +, Calif. +, Nev. +, Colo. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Va. +, Idaho +, Ohio +, Utah +, Mont. +, Oreg. +  and Ky. +
capillary +
germination +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
compressed +  and terete +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
unequal +
membranous +
uncinate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Oval (?) +  and Round (?) +
bracteate +  and ebracteate +
solid +  and hollow +
cauline +  and basal +
coriaceous +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
1/5 +  and 3/4 +
acuminate +, acute +  and truncate +
complex +  and simple +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
subterranean +
dry +  and fleshy +
pilose +  and glabrous +
in triplets +  and paired +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
1 +  and 60 +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
ellipsoid +  and narrowly obovoid +
0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br /> (0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
fused +  and free +
2 +  and 3 +
dome--shaped +  and triangular +
Gramineae +
Dichanthelium sect. Ensifolia +
Dichanthelium +
section +
membranous +
subacute +  and acute +
chartaceous-indurate +
plant +  and cespitose +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +
dioecious +, monoecious +  and synoecious +