Panicum commutatum Schult.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Panicum

Characteristics

Culms few–several, erect, ascending, or rarely decumbent at base, 3–8 dm, glabrous to sparsely villous or crisp-puberulent; herbage often purple-tinged or ± glaucous; sheaths ciliate to puberulent on the back; ligule none or very short and erose; blades lanceolate, the larger ones 5–12 cm × 7–18 mm, many-nerved, glabrous on both sides, usually sparsely ciliate at the cordate-clasping base; flag-lf nearly or fully as large as those next below; primary panicle eventually exsert, ovoid with spreading or ascending branches, 5–12 cm; spikelets obscurely short-hairy or glabrous, ellipsoid or oblong-ellipsoid, 2.1–3.4 mm, obscurely pointed; first glume two-fifths or half as long (0.7–1.7 mm), triangular-ovate, subacute; second glume and sterile lemma about equaling or often slightly exceeding the fr; autumnal phase branched from the middle and upper nodes, the uppermost primary internode deciduous, the blades not much reduced, the panicles ± reduced and commonly partly included at base; 2n=18. Woods andthickets; Mass. to Mich. and Mo., s. to Fla. and Tex. (P. ashei; P. joorii; P. mutabile; Dichanthelium c.)
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 0.75
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity 5-7
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Soil acidity 1-8
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Usage

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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:181695-2
WFO ID wfo-0000883598
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Synonyms

Panicum commelinifolium Panicum leiophyllum Panicum nervosum Panicum umbrosum Panicum commutatum Panicum polyneuron Dichanthelium commutatum subsp. ashei Dichanthelium commutatum subsp. equilaterale Dichanthelium commutatum subsp. joorii Dichanthelium commutatum var. ashei Panicum commutatum var. ashei Panicum commutatum var. equilaterale Panicum commutatum var. joorii Panicum commutatum var. minor Panicum commutatum var. commutatum