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White-hair witchgrass

Dichanthelium villosissimum (Nash) Freckmann

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Dichanthelium

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White-hair witchgrass: Dichanthelium villosissimum
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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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

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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.