familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Panicoideae
genusPanicum
subgenusPanicum subg. Panicum
sectionPanicum sect. Panicum
speciesPanicum philadelphicum
Panicum philadelphicum subsp. lithophilum
Synonyms: Panicum lithophilum
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 459.
Plants slender, sparsely pilose, purplish. Panicles with a few spikelets; pedicels short, appressed. Spikelets 2-2.1 mm, narrow, less than 1 mm wide. Upper glumes and lower lemmas acuminate; upper florets less than 1/2 as wide as long, blackish at maturity.
Discussion
Panicum philadelphicum subsp. lithophilum is endemic to wet depressions in granitic outcroppings of Georgia and North and South Carolina.
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 +
papillose +
acute +
absent +
absent +
arising +
single +
sulcate +
cormlike +
membranous +
thick +
adaxial +
secund +
absent +
sterile +
spikelike +
absent +
sterile +
not developed +
absent +
thick-walled +
arranged +
surrounded +
2;6 +
sometimes longer +
small green +
annual +
climbing +
floating +
decumbent +
herbaceous +
not compressed +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
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 +
lacking +
uncinate +
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Present +
axillary +
thick-walled +
arranged +
surrounded +
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arranged +
surrounded +
thick-walled +
centripetal +
elongated +
spongy +
absent +
crowded +
cauline +
hyaline +
coriaceous +
absent +
membranous +
free +
absent +
inconspicuous +
glabrous +
cuneate +
fleshy +
staminate +
sterile +
reduced +
3-4-veined +
minute +
7-9-veined +
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separated +
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involute +
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pilose +
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glabrous +
clasping +
keeled +
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contracted +
diffuse +
subterranean +
exserted +
pyramidal +
varying +
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divergent +
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separating +
thin +
spreading +
evident +
winter +
lunate +
diverging;appressed +
absent +
higher +
thick-walled +
anatomy +
closed +
usually longer +
surrounded +
hispid +
rounded +
Endemic +
complex +
bisexual +
unisexual +
sessile +
length +
green +
attached +
absent +
glabrous +
narrow +
equaling +
Panicum philadelphicum subsp. lithophilum +
Panicum philadelphicum +
subspecies +
hyaline +
membranous +
disarticulating +
shining +
bisexual +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (?) +
7-veined +
much longer +
absent +
acuminate +
subequal +
shorter to much +
shiny +
(5)7-15-veined +
acuminate +
rugose +
separated +
absent +
not prominent +
rhizomatous +
perennial +
cespitose +
purplish +
annual +
herbaceous +
pilose +
slender +
variable +