Panicum glutinosum Sw.

• Authority

  Hitchcock, Albert S. 1927. The grasses of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 24: i-xx, 291-556.

• Family

  Poaceae

• Scientific Name

  Panicum glutinosum Sw.

• Type

  The type specimen of Panicum divergens consists of two species. One is P. glutinosum, from which the major part of the description is drawn. The other appears to be P. stigmosum, from which the description of the spikelet is drawn.

• Description

  
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  Description - Culms 1 to 2 meters tall from a decumbent base; blades elongate, 1.5 to 2.5 cm. wide ; panicle 15 to 30 cm. long, open, the spikelets viscid, 3 mm. long, the first glume about as long as the second.