Panicum diffusum Sw.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Poaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Panicum diffusum Sw.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Perennial; culms tufted, spreading or ascending, simple or little branched, glabrous with pubescent nodes, 2-5 dm. high. Sheaths striate, glabrous or pubescent; leaf-blades 2 dm. long or less, 1-3 mm. wide, sparingly pubescent; panicles 5-10 cm. long, open, the branches filiform; spikelets few, near the ends of the panicle-branches, short-stalked, about 2 mm. long and 1 mm. wide; first scale acute, about one-half as long as the spikelet; second and third scales 7-9-nerved.

  • Distribution

    Coppice, New Providence : Jamaica ; Cuba to St. Thomas, Tortola and Martinique, Diffuse Panic-grass.

    Jamaica South America| Cuba South America| Saint Thomas Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Tortola Virgin Islands South America| Martinique South America|