Panicum ghiesbreghtii E.Fourn.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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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.
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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|