Panic Grass - Dichanthelium acuminatum
Other Names:
Panicum acuminatum, Dichanthelium lanuginosum, Panicum lanuginosum, Panicum occidentale
Status Under Review
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
SU
Agency Status
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C-value:
9
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Stems 10–30 cm. Leaves: blades 5–10 mm wide, usually <8 times longer than wide, ligule 2–6 mm long. Inflorescence an open panicle 3–8 cm long. Spikelets 1.5–2 mm long; glumes hairy, first 0.5–0.75 mm long, second 1.5–2 mm long. Lemmas: fertile lemma blunt, globe-like. Our plants are subspecies sericeum
(Lavin in Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).