Panicum hemitomon Schult.

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Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Panicum

Characteristics

Erect from a stout rhizome, 5–15 dm, often emitting roots from submersed nodes; lower sheaths loose, shorter than the internodes, the upper tighter, usually exceeding the internodes, ciliate, sometimes hirsute; blades 1–3 dm × 5–15 mm, abruptly contracted at base; panicle 6–20 cm, slender, with appressed branches, the lower ones often remote; spikelets ± secund, short-pediceled, flattened-ovoid, 2.2–2.9 mm, the first glume half as long, somewhat gibbous at base; second glume and sterile lemma sharply veined, acute, the latter with a conspicuous palea; 2n=36. Swamps and ponds on the coastal plain; N.J. to Fla. and Tex.
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Erect from a stout rhizome, 5–15 dm, often emitting roots from submersed nodes; lower sheaths loose, shorter than the internodes, the upper tighter, usually exceeding the internodes, ciliate, sometimes hirsute; blades 1–3 dm × 5–15 mm, abruptly contracted at base; panicle 6–20 cm, slender, with appressed branches, the lower ones often remote; spikelets ± secund, short-pediceled, flattened-ovoid, 2.2–2.9 mm, the first glume half as long, somewhat gibbous at base; second glume and sterile lemma sharply veined, acute, the latter with a conspicuous palea; 2n=36. Swamps and ponds on the coastal plain; N.J. to Fla. and Tex.
A grass.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.65 - 1.15
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) 0.3
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant.
Light 5-7
Soil humidity 5-8
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 1-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Panicum hemitomon world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Cuba, Georgia, Nicaragua, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:411651-1
WFO ID wfo-0000884459
COL ID 4CDX5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Oplismenus walteri Panicum carinatum Panicum carolinianum Panicum digitarioides Panicum hemitomon Hymenachne hemitoma Brachiaria digitarioides Panicum curtisii Panicum digitarioides Oplismenus colonus var. walteri