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Dichanthelium laxiflorum
Also called Soft Tuft Panic Grass, Open Flower Witchgrass
Openflower rosette grass is a small tufted perennial grass native to woodlands and edges across the eastern and southern U.S., Central America and the West Indies. It is grown as a native groundcover or woodland accent in moist, partly shaded spots.
Dichanthelium laxiflorum, commonly known as open-flower witchgrass, is a perennial graminoid in the family Poaceae that is found throughout the Americas.
In the United States, D. laxiflorum is found from Maryland south to Florida west to Texas and north to Indiana. It is also found in Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. It grows in open or shaded woodlands, often in moist soil.
Needleleaf rosette grass · Tapered rosette grass · Bosc's panicgrass · Deertongue · Variable panicgrass · Blood panicgrass · Cypress panicgrass · Cypress Panicgrass · Hirst's panicgrass · Woolly Panicgrass · Leiberg's panicum · Rough panicgrass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dichanthelium laxiflorum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
