Panicum hirticaule subsp. stramineum

(Hitchc. & Chase) Freckmann & Lelong
Synonyms: Panicum stramineum
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 462.

Culms 20-70 cm, robust, usually freely branching; nodes glabrous or sparsely hirsute, hairs papillose-based. Sheaths glabrous or sparsely hirsute, hairs papillose-based; blades 4-30 mm wide, glabrous or sparsely hirsute, hairs papillose-based, cordate, clasping basally. Panicles nodding. Spikelets 3.2-4 mm; lower paleas more than 1/2 as long as the upper florets. 2n = unknown.

Discussion

Panicum hirticaule subsp. stramineum grows in rich bottomlands in southern Arizona, New Mexico, and western Mexico.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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