View source for Dichanthelium ovale

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Dichanthelium ovale
|accepted_authority=(Elliott) Gould & C.A. Clark
|publications=
|common_names=Stiff-leaved panicgrass
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Panicum ovale
|authority=
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Paniceae;Dichanthelium;Dichanthelium sect. Lanuginosa;Dichanthelium ovale
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Paniceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Dichanthelium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Dichanthelium sect. Lanuginosa]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Dichanthelium ovale]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 429
}}<!--

--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>cespitose. <b>Basal</b> rosettes well-differentiated; blades 1-8 cm, lanceolate, often conspicuously ciliate. <b>Culms</b> 15-60 cm, usually more than 1 mm thick, not delicate, mostly ascending or spreading, often decumbent; nodes densely to sparsely bearded with spreading, retrorse, or appressed hairs; internodes, particularly the lower internodes, usually long-hairy with appressed or ascending hairs, occasionally with spreading hairs, occasionally with shorter hairs, rarely nearly glabrous; fall phase with decumbent to prostrate culms, branching developing early and forming dense fascicles with erect, slightly reduced blades and greatly reduced secondary panicles. <b>Cauline</b> leaves 4-7; sheaths shorter than the internodes, pilose, hairs to 4 mm, occasionally with shorter, spreading hairs underneath; ligules and pseudoligules 1-5 mm, of hairs; blades 4-10 cm long, 3-10 mm wide, relatively firm, mostly ascending or spreading, 1 or both surfaces sparsely to densely pubescent with appressed or erect hairs, hairs to 5 mm, bases rounded or slightly narrowed, margins often whitish, ciliate basally, scabridulous elsewhere. <b>Primary</b> panicles 3-10 cm long, nearly as wide when fully expanded; rachises and branches often stiffly ascending or spreading, usually pilose basally. <b>Spikelets</b> 1.8-3 mm, ellipsoid or obovoid, densely to sparsely pilose or papillose-pilose, obtuse or slightly acute. <b>Lower</b> glumes 1/3 – 1/2 as long as the spikelets, often triangular, not strongly veined, usually acute or subacute; upper glumes usually slightly shorter than the lower lemmas and upper florets at maturity, not strongly veined; lower florets sterile; upper florets 1.6-2.5 mm, ellipsoid (slightly less than 1/2 as wide as long, or wider in <i></i>subsp.<i> praecocius</i>), subacute. <b>2n</b> =18.</span><!--

-->{{Treatment/Body
|distribution=Del.;Wis.;Fla.;Puerto Rico;N.J.;Tex.;La.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Ark.;Iowa;Ill.;Ind.;Md.;Miss.;Ohio;Okla.;N.Y.;Va.;Ala.;Ga.;Conn.;Mass.;Minn.;Mich.;Ky.
|discussion=<p><i>Dichanthelium ovale</i> grows in dry, open, sandy or rocky woodland borders, sand barrens, dunes, and dry prairies in southeastern Canada, the eastern United States, the West Indies, Mexico, and Central America. The four subspecies often intergrade, especially <i></i>subsp.<i> villosissimum</i> and <i></i>subsp.<i> pseudopubescens</i> in the southeastern United States, and <i></i>subsp.<i> villosissimum</i> and <i></i>subsp.<i> praecocius</i> in the western part of their range.</p><!--
--><p>The growth form and certain morphological features of <i>Dichanthelium ovale</i> resemble those of the wide¬spread <i>D. laxiflorum</i>, which usually grows in more mesic habitats. Occasional specimens exhibit traits of <i>D. acuminatum</i>, <i>D. oligosanthes</i>, and <i>D. commutatum</i>.</p>
|tables=
|references=
}}<!--

--><div class="treatment-key">
==Key==
<div class="treatment-key-group">
  
{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Lower sheaths and lower culm internodes with soft, spreading or retrorse, papillose-based hairs, the longer hairs often longer than 4 mm long; spikelets 1.8-2.5 mm long.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Spikelets 2.1-2.5 mm long; culms usually more than 1 mm thick, stiff; largest blades usually 6-10 mm wide
|[[Dichanthelium ovale subsp. villosissimum|Dichanthelium ovale subsp. villosissimum]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Spikelets 1.8-2.1 mm long; culms usually less than 1 mm thick, wiry; largest blades usually 2-6 mm wide
|[[Dichanthelium ovale subsp. praecocius|Dichanthelium ovale subsp. praecocius]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Lower sheaths and lower culm internodes with ascending or appressed, non-papillose-based hairs shorter than 4 mm or nearly glabrous; spikelets 2.1-3 mm long.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Spikelets 2.5-3 mm long; basal blades with long hairs on or near the margins and bases
|[[Dichanthelium ovale subsp. ovale|Dichanthelium ovale subsp. ovale]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Spikelets 2.1-2.6 mm long; basal blades usually without long hairs on or near the margins and bases
|[[Dichanthelium ovale subsp. pseudopubescens|Dichanthelium ovale subsp. pseudopubescens]]
|}
</div></div><!--

-->{{#Taxon:
name=Dichanthelium ovale
|authority=(Elliott) Gould & C.A. Clark
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Panicum ovale
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik;Hana Pazdírková
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|distribution=Del.;Wis.;Fla.;Puerto Rico;N.J.;Tex.;La.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Ark.;Iowa;Ill.;Ind.;Md.;Miss.;Ohio;Okla.;N.Y.;Va.;Ala.;Ga.;Conn.;Mass.;Minn.;Mich.;Ky.
|reference=None
|publication title=
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/200273ad09963decb8fc72550212de541d86569d/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V25/V25_1168.xml
|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Paniceae
|genus=Dichanthelium
|section=Dichanthelium sect. Lanuginosa
|species=Dichanthelium ovale
}}<!--

-->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Dichanthelium sect. Lanuginosa]]