Poaceae
Variable panicgrass
Dichanthelium commutatum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Dichanthelium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Variable panicgrass, Variable rosette grass
Synonyms
- Dichanthelium ashei (T.G.Pearson ex Ashe) Mohlenbr.
- Dichanthelium ashei (T.G.Pearson ex Ashe) Mohlenbr.
- Dichanthelium commutatum subsp. ashei (T.G.Pearson ex Ashe) Freckmann & Lelong
- Dichanthelium commutatum subsp. joorii (Vasey) Freckmann & Lelong
- Dichanthelium commutatum var. ashei (T.G.Pearson ex Ashe) Mohlenbr.
- Dichanthelium joori (Vasey) Mohlenbr.
- Panicum ashei T.G.Pearson ex Ashe
- Panicum commelinifolium Ashe
- Panicum commutatum Schult.
- Panicum commutatum var. joorii (Vasey) Fernald
- Panicum commutatum var. latifolium Scribn.
- Panicum commutatum var. minus Vasey
- Panicum cordifolium Desv.
- Panicum curranii Ashe
- Panicum divergens Kunth
- Panicum enslini Trin.
- Panicum enslinii Trin.
- Panicum epilifolium Nash
- Panicum hintonii Swallen
- Panicum joorii Vasey
- Panicum leiophyllum E.Fourn.
- Panicum manatense Nash
- Panicum nervosum Muhl. ex Elliott
- Panicum nitidum var. majus Pursh
- Panicum polyneuron Steud.
- Panicum subsimplex Ashe
- Panicum umbrosum Leconte ex Torr.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: James H. Miller & Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, 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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Photo: Alexander Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, 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.