Details for: PI 652864, Dichanthelium scoparium (Lam.) Gould, 'Pilgrim Germplasm velvet panicum'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Dichanthelium scoparium (Lam.) Gould
Cultivar:
'Pilgrim Germplasm velvet panicum'
Origin:
Collected – Texas, United States
Received by NPGS:
16 Jan 2008
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Dichanthelium scoparium (Lam.) Gould
Cultivar:
'Pilgrim Germplasm velvet panicum'
Origin:
Collected – Texas, United States
Received by NPGS:
16 Jan 2008
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
14 June 1990.
Texas, United States
Locality: Pittsburg Township in Camp County. The collection site is in MLRA 133B.
Coordinates: 33.0042, -94.9167 (Map it)
Environment description: Bowie fine sandy loam with average yearly precipitation of 48 inches.

Collector(s):
Developed
September 2007.
Texas, United States

Accession Names and Identifiers
'Pilgrim Germplasm velvet panicum'
Type: Cultivar name

9057334
Type: Institute identifier
Group: NRCS
Natural Resources Conservation Service
USDA, NRCS

Narrative
Pilgrim Germplasm velvet panicum is a short lived perennial bunchgrass. A basal rosette is produced in late fall or early winter and stems begin growth in the spring. The erect, coarse, thick culms grow to a height of 60 inches. The lower culm internodes, sheaths, and blades are very pubescent while the upper culms and leaves are moderately pubescent to glabrous. An open seed panicle is produced in the summer and a closed spikelet is produced in the fall. This plant tends to flower later when growing in association with other Dichantheliums. Dichanthelium scoparium frequently grows in open or partially open areas along moist ditches and swales in sandy soils (Gould and Clark, 1978).
Dichanthelium scoparium (Lam.) Gould
Genus:
Dichanthelium
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Dichantheliinae
Nomen number:

454702
Place of publication:

Brittonia 26:60. 1974
Verified:
01/18/2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Panicum scoparium Lam.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Panicum scoparium Lam. var. scoparium

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishvelvety panic grass  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Annotations
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Notice of Release of Pilgrim Germplasm velvet panicum selected class of natural germplasm
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Description:
Selected from among thirty-three collections (33) of Dichanthelium spp. collected from 16 counties in Major Land Resource Areas 133B, 87, and 152B in the USDA/NRCS East Texas Plant Materials Center (PMC) service area (USDA, NRCS East Texas Plant Materials Center, 1993). Collections were evaluated for vigor, seed and foliage height, and foliage width from 1993-1995 at the East Texas PMC, Nacogdoches, Texas. Pilgrim Germplasm exhibited better vigor than 'Tioga', the commercial standard in initial evaluation. From the initial evaluation, Pilgrim Germplasm along with five other accessions was chosen for further evaluation because of its sustained performance in vigor (USDA, NRCS East Texas Plant Materials Center, 1997). Pilgrim Germplasm was observed to exhibit better drought tolerance and seed production than the other accessions.