Panicum ghiesbreghtii E.Fourn.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Poaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Panicum ghiesbreghtii E.Fourn.

  • Description

    Species Description - Perennial; culms erect, tufted, rather stout, 6-8 dm. high, the nodes hirsute. Sheaths hirsute; leaf-blades flat, up to 6 dm. long and 12 mm. wide, hirsute or glabrate; panicle 2-3 dm. long, its branches ascending; spikelets numerous, short-stalked, about 3 mm. long and 1 mm. wide; first scale acute, one-half to two-thirds as long as the whole 3pikelet; second and third scales 7-9-nerved.

  • Distribution

    A weed, Crooke Island : Cuba ; Puerto Rico ; Guadeloupe ; Antigua ; continental tropical America.

    Cuba South America| Puerto Rico South America| Guadeloupe South America| Antigua and Barbuda South America|