Poaceae
White-hair witchgrass
Dichanthelium villosissimum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Dichanthelium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- White-hair witchgrass, Whitehair rosette grass
Synonyms
- Dichanthelium acuminatum var. villosum (A.Gray) Gould & C.A.Clark
- Dichanthelium lanuginosum var. villosissimum (Nash) Gould
- Dichanthelium ovale subsp. pseudopubescens (Nash) Freckmann & Lelong
- Dichanthelium ovale subsp. villosissimum (Nash) Freckmann & Lelong
- Dichanthelium pseudopubescens (Nash) Mohlenbr.
- Dichanthelium villosissimum var. pseudopubescens (Nash) Mohlenbr.
- Panicum acuminatum var. villosum (A.Gray) Beetle
- Panicum atlanticum Nash
- Panicum dichotomum var. villosum (A.Gray) Vasey
- Panicum haemacarpon Ashe
- Panicum nitidum var. villosum A.Gray
- Panicum ovale var. pseudopubescens (Nash) Lelong
- Panicum ovale var. villosum (A.Gray) Lelong
- Panicum pseudopubescens Nash
- Panicum villosissimum Nash
- Panicum villosissimum var. pseudopubescens (Nash) Fernald
- Panicum xanthospermum Scribn. & Merr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos

Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 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.