Illustrator: Cindy Roché, Linda A. Vorobik

Copyright: Utah State University

Plants rhizomatous, rhizomes relatively long and slender. Panicles terminal and axillary; branches more numerous, appressed, congested, with dense clusters of spikelets. Spikelets 2.3-2.8 mm, not clearly falcate, often ovoid-lanceolate, purplish-stained, acute.

Discussion

Panicum anceps subsp. rhizomatum grows in the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains.

The small, crowded, often purplish spikelets of this subspecies often closely resemble those of Panicum rigidulum.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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