Panicum nitidum Lam.
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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 - Culms slender, tufted, 3-10 dm. long, erect or reclining, often becoming much-branched, the nodes bearded. Sheaths glabrous, ciliate, or the lower pubescent; leaves of the vernal stage 5-12 cm. long, 3-10 mm. wide, the basal ones tufted, those of the autumnal stage much smaller, 1-3 cm. long, 1-3 mm. wide; panicles of the vernal stage 5-8 cm. long, often nearly as wide, those of the autumnal stage smaller, sometimes reduced to a few spikelets; spikelets 2 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, pubescent, the first scale about one-third as long as the whole spikelet.
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Distribution
Pine and palmetto lands, Great Bahama : Virginia to Missouri, Florida and Texas ; Cuba. Shining Panic-grass.
Cuba South America| Texas United States of America North America| Florida United States of America North America| Missouri United States of America North America| Virginia United States of America North America|