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|accepted_name=Schedonnardus paniculatus
|accepted_authority=(Nutt.) Trel.
|publications=
|common_names=Tumblegrass
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Schedonnardus;Schedonnardus paniculatus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Schedonnardus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Schedonnardus paniculatus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 230
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Panicles </b>5-50 cm, rachises becoming curved; branches 2-8(16) cm. <b>Lower</b> glumes 1.5-3 mm; upper glumes 1.5-4(5.5) mm; lemmas 3-5 mm; anthers 0.7-1.4 mm. <b>Caryopses</b> 2.5-3.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 20, 30.</span><!--

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|distribution=Alta.;Man.;Sask.;Wyo.;Nev.;Colo.;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;Utah;Calif.;Minn.;Kans.;N.Dak.;Nebr.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Mont.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Ill.;Miss.;Iowa;Ariz.;Mo.;Ark.;Wis.
|discussion=<p><i>Schedonnardus paniculatus</i> is frequently found in disturbed areas. At maturity, the panicle breaks at the base and functions as a tumbleweed for seed dispersal. It is often a conspicuous feature of deserted towns in films of the American West.</p>
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name=Schedonnardus paniculatus
|authority=(Nutt.) Trel.
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|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik;Karen Klitz
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|distribution=Alta.;Man.;Sask.;Wyo.;Nev.;Colo.;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;Utah;Calif.;Minn.;Kans.;N.Dak.;Nebr.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Mont.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Ill.;Miss.;Iowa;Ariz.;Mo.;Ark.;Wis.
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae
|genus=Schedonnardus
|species=Schedonnardus paniculatus
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