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Roundseed panicgrass

Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon

Also called Round Fruited Panicgrass, Round Seed Panicgrass, Round Fruited Rosette Panicgrass, Roundfruit Panicgrass

Roundseed panicgrass
Photo: Choess, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
SE. Canada to Ecuador, Cuba, SE. Brazil
Climate
temperate

About

Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon, also called Panicum polyanthes, common name round-seed panic grass, is a plant found in North America. It is listed as endangered in Michigan. Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon var. isophyllum is listed as a special concern and believed extirpated in Connecticut.

Where it grows

This species can be found in the eastern United States, with its range stretching from Massachusetts south to Florida and westward to Texas.

Other Dichanthelium plants

Needleleaf rosette grass · Tapered rosette grass · Bosc's panicgrass · Deertongue · Variable panicgrass · Blood panicgrass · Cypress panicgrass · Cypress Panicgrass · Hirst's panicgrass · Woolly Panicgrass · Openflower rosette grass · Leiberg's panicum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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