Dichanthelium oligosanthes, known as Heller's rosette grass, fewanther obscuregrass, and few-flowered panicgrass, is a frost-tolerant, perennial grass species native to North America. It is found primarily in the contiguous United States with specimens also reported in British Columbia and Alberta in Canada, as well as south of the Rio Grande in northern Mexico. D. oligosanthes is most frequently in partially shaded glens within woods, recently cut forests, and grassy banks.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Heller's Rosette Grass being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Dichanthelium scribnerianum
- Dichanthelium pedicellatum
- Dichanthelium acuminatum
- Dichanthelium lanuginosum
- Dichanthelium boreale
- Dichanthelium ravenelii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Dichanthelium
- Species
- Dichanthelium oligosanthes
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