Panicum hallii |
Panicum hallii subsp. filipes |
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Hall panicum, Hall's panic, Hall's panicgrass, Hall's panicum, Hall's witchgrass |
Hall's panicgrass |
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Habit | Plants perennial; cespitose. | Plants often taller than subsp. hallii, sparsely pubescent to almost glabrous. | ||||
Culms | 10-100 cm, 2-10 mm thick, erect, simple or sparingly branched basally; nodes sericeous, pilose or glabrous; internodes usually glaucous. |
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Leaves | often crowded basally; sheaths rounded, glabrous or hirsute, hairs fragile, papillose-based, margins sometimes ciliate distally; ligules 0.6-2 mm; blades 4-23 cm long, 1-10 mm wide, erect to spreading, flat or sometimes involute (on sterile branches), often curling at maturity, glaucous, abaxial surfaces sometimes with prominent papillae along the midribs, bases rounded or narrowing to the sheaths, margins cartilaginous, ciliate basally, scabridulous elsewhere, apices acute. |
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Blades | relatively lax, ascending to spreading, not strongly clustered basally or curling at maturity. |
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Panicles | scarcely exceeding the blades, with more closely spaced spikelets than in subsp. hallii; main branches rarely whorled, more crowded. |
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Spikelets | 2.1-4.2 mm long, 0.8-1 mm wide, usually ovoid, glabrous. |
2.1-3 mm. |
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Lower glumes | 1.2-2.4 mm, 1/2 - 3/4 as long as the spikelets, attenuate; upper glumes and lower lemmas similar, 7-11-veined, acuminate, extending 0.3-1.2 mm beyond the upper florets; lower florets sterile; lower paleas 0.8-2 mm; upper florets 1.5-2.4 mm long, 0.7-1.2 mm wide, ovoid to ellipsoid, smooth, nigrescent. |
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Terminal | panicles 7-31 cm long, 3-15 cm wide; rachises glabrous, tending to break at maturity; branches usually alternate, slender, stiff, ascending to divergent; pedicels 1-15 mm, appressed. |
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2n | = 18. |
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Panicum hallii |
Panicum hallii subsp. filipes |
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Distribution |
AZ; CO; LA; NM; OK; TX; UT
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Discussion | Panicum hallii grows on sandy, gravelly, or rocky land, including roadsides, pastures, rangeland, oak and pine savannahs, chaparral, and moist areas in deserts and on mesas. Its range extends from the southwestern United States to southern Mexico. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Panicum hallii subsp. filipes often grows in moist soil. Its range extends from Arizona, Texas, and Louisiana to southern Mexico. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 25, p. 466. | FNA vol. 25, p. 467. | ||||
Parent taxa | Poaceae > subfam. Panicoideae > tribe Paniceae > Panicum > subg. Panicum > sect. Panicum | Poaceae > subfam. Panicoideae > tribe Paniceae > Panicum > subg. Panicum > sect. Panicum > Panicum hallii | ||||
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Synonyms | P. lepidulum | P. filipes | ||||
Name authority | Vasey | (Scribn.) Freckmann & Lelong | ||||
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