Species Detail Grasses

Plant - Desert Botanical Gardens Herbarium Collection, Usage rights: Attribution-Non-Commercial(CC BY-NC)		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Panicum antidotale - blue panicum Synonyms: Panicum kermesinum, Panicum longijubatum, Panicum miliare, Panicum proliferum, Panicum subalbidum Other Common Names: blue panic, blue panicgrass Plant Form: Grass Family: Poaceae


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	Grass Description - Glossary of Grass Terminology Origin: Introduced Season: Cool and Warm Habitat Description: Open disturbed areas and along fields. Plant Communities:Disturbed Areas Elevation: 1000 - 4000 feet General Description Desc: Seedhead stems are wiry almost woody, mostly 32 to 40 inches tall with a branching, open seedhead, the branches spreading or ascending, and densely flowered from the base to the tip. Identification Notes: Rhizomes. Seedhead stems branching from swollen nodes and above the middle; spikelets densely clustered 1/8 inch long or less; first glume half as long as the spikelet or less. Spikelets unawned with 2 florets, the first floret sterile or staminate. Grass Type: Perennial bunchgrass Rhizomes: Y Stolons: N Large Dense Clump (> 2 feet): Y Bushy (highly branched): Y Height with Seedheads: Greater than 36 inches Seedhead Structure: Branched - open and spreading Seedhead Droops: N Flowering Period: Apr - Oct Flower Characteristics Number of Flowers per Spikelet: Multi-flowered Spikelets One-sided: N Awns: Absent Three Awns: U Awns Bent: U Flower and Seedhead Notes: 1 to 2 spikelets per node, unawned with 2 florets, the first floret sterile or staminate. Sterile lemma hairless, fertile lemma smooth and shining, about 1/16 inch long. Vegetative Charcteristics Blade Hairy: Y Blade with White Margins: N Blade Cross section: Flat Blade Notes: Blades are 4 to 24 inches long, 1/8 to 3/4 inch wide, elongate with lower surfaces and margins rough to the touch, upper surfaces occasionally with soft hairs near the base. Sheath Hairy: N Tuft of Hairs at top of Sheath or Collar: N Ligules: Membranous and hairy Auricles (Ear-like lobes at collar area: N Forage Value: Good grazing for wildlife and livestock.


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