Poaceae
Bristling rosette panic grass
Dichanthelium aciculare
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Dichanthelium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Bristling rosette panic grass, Needleleaf rosette grass
Synonyms
- Dichanthelium aciculare subsp. fusiforme (Hitchc.) Freckmann & Lelong
- Dichanthelium aciculare var. ramosum (Griseb.) Davidse
- Dichanthelium fusiforme (Hitchc.) Harvill
- Panicum aciculare Desv.
- Panicum aciculare var. ramosum (Griseb.) Wipff
- Panicum arenicola Ashe
- Panicum bennettense W.V.Br.
- Panicum curtisii Steud.
- Panicum delawarense Ashe
- Panicum fusiforme Hitchc.
- Panicum neuranthum var. ramosum Griseb.
- Panicum pungens Muhl. ex Scribn. & Merr.
- Panicum redevivum Trin. ex Steud.
- Panicum setaceum Muhl.
- Panicum striatum E.Fourn.
- Panicum subuniflorum Spreng.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James H. Miller & Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.