Panicum pleianthum Peter

Annual or short-lived perennial; culms 20–60 cm. long, decumbent.. Leaf-sheaths ciliately fringed; blades lanceolate, 5–10 cm. long, 6–10 mm. wide, asymmetrically narrowed at the base, often prominently distichous, pilose, acuminate.. Panicle oblong or obovate, 4–10 cm. long, much branched, compact.. Spikelets narrowly ovate, 1.7–2.2 mm. long, asymmetrical, glabrous or sparsely pilose, apiculate; lower glume 1/2 as long as the spikelet, ovate, 3–5-nerved, separated from the rest of the spikelet by a short internode; upper glume 5-nerved; lower lemma 5-nerved, sterile, its palea poorly developed; upper floret pale or dark, shining.