Panicum strigosum Muhl.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Vegetatively much like no. 19 [Panicum laxiflorum Lam.]; culms sparsely to densely pilose; sheaths and blades densely ascending-pilose, the blade-margins coarsely papillose-ciliate; cauline lvs few, often solitary, the uppermost one 1.5–6 cm, less than three-fourths as long as the basal; primary panicle 4–8 cm, its widely ascending branches pilose; spikelets glabrous, oblong-obovoid, 1.1–1.5 mm; first glume a third to half as long, triangular; second glume and sterile lemma equaling the fr; autumnal phase densely matted, with much reduced panicles; 2n=18. Sandy woods and pine-barrens; se. Va. to Fla., Tex., C. Amer., W.I., and n. S. Amer. (P. laxiflorum var. pubescens; P. longipedunculatum; Dichanthelium leucoblepharis var. pubescens; Dichanthelium s.)