Panicum dichotomum L.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Panicum

Characteristics

Delicate, slender plants of forests, or more robust, freely branching plants of disturbed habitats, 3–10 dm, the nodes glabrous to densely bearded, the herbage otherwise glabrous or sometimes sparsely hairy; sheaths usually shorter than the internodes; ligule a band of short hairs ca 1 mm or less; blades of main cauline lvs thin, 5–12(–15) cm × 3–10(–13) mm, spreading, the flag-lf nearly or fully as large as the next 2 below; panicles well exsert, open, with ± spreading branches, branchlets, and pedicels, the spikelets never secund; spikelets glabrous or occasionally short-hairy, ellipsoid, 1.5–2.9 mm; first glume a third as long, usually acute; second glume rounded above, shorter than the sterile lemma, both shorter than the fr; autumnal phase much branched above the middle, commonly with fascicles of branchlets, erect or reclining from its own weight, the blades 2–5 cm × 2–5 mm, the panicles much reduced; 2n=18. Woods and open, disturbed habitats; N.B. and s. Can. to Mich., s. to Fla. and Tex. (P. annulum; P. barbulatum; P. clutei; P. lucidum; P. mattamuskeetense; P. microcarpon; P. nitidum; P. roanokense; Dichanthelium d.)
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Root diameter (meter) 0.3
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Photosynthetic pathway c4

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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:181787-2
WFO ID wfo-0000883886
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Synonyms

Panicum gracilicaule Panicum heterophyllum Panicum macrum Panicum maculatum Panicum triticeum Panicum bogueanum Panicum deustum Panicum parvulum Panicum angustifolium Panicum barbatum Panicum dichotomum Panicum liton Dichanthelium dichotomum subsp. lucidum Dichanthelium dichotomum subsp. mattamuskeetense Dichanthelium dichotomum subsp. microcarpon Dichanthelium dichotomum subsp. nitidum Dichanthelium dichotomum subsp. roanokense Dichanthelium dichotomum subsp. yadkinense Panicum dichotomum var. lucidum Panicum dichotomum var. mattamuskeetense Panicum dichotomum var. ramulosum Panicum dichotomum var. roanokense Panicum dichotomum var. tenue Panicum pubescens var. longipilium Panicum mattamuskeetense var. mattamuskeetense Panicum nitidum var. nitidum