familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Panicoideae
genusPanicum
subgenusPanicum subg. Panicum
sectionPanicum sect. Panicum
speciesPanicum hirticaule
subspeciesPanicum hirticaule subsp. stramineum
Panicum hirticaule subsp. stramineum
Synonyms: Panicum stramineum
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 462.
Culms 20-70 cm, robust, usually freely branching; nodes glabrous or sparsely hirsute, hairs papillose-based. Sheaths glabrous or sparsely hirsute, hairs papillose-based; blades 4-30 mm wide, glabrous or sparsely hirsute, hairs papillose-based, cordate, clasping basally. Panicles nodding. Spikelets 3.2-4 mm; lower paleas more than 1/2 as long as the upper florets. 2n = unknown.
Discussion
Panicum hirticaule subsp. stramineum grows in rich bottomlands in southern Arizona, New Mexico, and western Mexico.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"decumbent" is not a number."-11-veined" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
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absent +
common +
absent +
bulliform +
absent +
membranous +
gaping +
apiculate +
puberulent +
acuminate +
absent +
absent +
arising +
single +
sulcate +
cordate-clasping +
cormlike +
rounded +
membranous +
thick +
adaxial +
secund +
absent +
sterile +
spikelike +
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sterile +
not developed +
absent +
thick-walled +
arranged +
surrounded +
2;6 +
papillose-based +
sometimes longer +
hirsute +
small green +
branching +
annual +
robust +
climbing +
floating +
decumbent +
herbaceous +
not compressed +
narrow +
1/2 +
waisted +
large +
hard +
capillary +
germination +
adjacent +
sometimes longer +
well-developed +
absent +
reduced +
bisexual +
plump +
absent +
herbaceous +
shorter +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
tuberculate +
unequal +
membranous +
equal +
well-developed +
papillose-based +
clasping +
glabrous +
lacking +
cordate +
punctate +
Present +
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thick-walled +
arranged +
surrounded +
thick-walled +
arranged +
surrounded +
thick-walled +
centripetal +
elongated +
spongy +
absent +
distichous +
cauline +
hyaline +
coriaceous +
absent +
membranous +
free +
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cuneate +
fleshy +
staminate +
sterile +
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3-5-veined +
minute +
9-veined +
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separated +
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involute +
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glabrous +
clasping +
keeled +
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diffuse +
subterranean +
nodding +
pyramidal +
varying +
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appressed +
separating +
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evident +
winter +
lunate +
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higher +
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anatomy +
closed +
shorter +
surrounded +
not compressed +
complex +
bisexual +
unisexual +
sessile +
length +
reddish-brown +
attached +
absent +
glabrous +
equaling +
Panicum hirticaule subsp. stramineum +
Panicum hirticaule +
subspecies +
hyaline +
membranous +
bisexual +
ellipsoid +
7-11-veined +
much longer +
absent +
subequal +
shorter to much +
shiny +
(5)7-15-veined +
rugose +
separated +
absent +
prominent +
scabridulous +
rhizomatous +
perennial +
cespitose +
annual +
herbaceous +
variable +