Panicum neuranthum Griseb.

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Poaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Panicum neuranthum Griseb.

  • Description

    Species Description - Culms tufted, slender, at length much branched, 3-7.5 dm. tall. Sheaths glabrous, or the lower pubescent; leaves smooth and glabrous, the primary erect, acuminate, 2.5-10 cm. long, 2-5 mm. wide, those on the branches shorter, erect or ascending, usually involute Avhen dry, concealing the small secondary panicles; primary panicle 2.5-10 cm. long, its branches at first erect, at length spreading; spikelets numerous, about 2 mm. long, densely pubescent with short, spreading hairs, the second and third scales 7-nerved.

  • Distribution

    Swamps and savannas, Andros and New Providence : Florida ; Cuba. Nerved Panic-grass.

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