Panicum hirticaule

Panicum hirticaule
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Panicum
Species:	P. hirticaule
Binomial name
	Panicum hirticaule; J.Presl
Synonyms
	Panicum sonorum

Panicum hirticaule is a species of grass known by the common names Mexican panicgrass and roughstalked witchgrass.

Distribution

In North America it is native to the Southwestern United States and Mexico. Its distribution extends throughout Central and South America. It grows in many types of habitat, including disturbed areas. There is evidence that it was eaten, cultivated and possibly domesticated by Native Americans.[1]

Description

This is an annual[2] bunchgrass growing 10 to 80 centimeters tall and bearing hairy leaves up to 15 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a branching panicle up to 12 centimeters long with rounded spikelets at nodes.

References

Nabhan, Gary; de Wet, J. M. J. (January 1984). "Panicum sonorum in Sonoran Desert agriculture". Economic Botany. 38 (1): 65–82. doi:10.1007/BF02904417.
"The Calflora Database: Panicum hirticaule". Retrieved 2018-01-29.

External links

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[1] Nabhan, Gary; de Wet, J. M. J. (January 1984). "Panicum sonorum in Sonoran Desert agriculture". Economic Botany. 38 (1): 65–82. doi:10.1007/BF02904417.

[calflora-2] "The Calflora Database: Panicum hirticaule". Retrieved 2018-01-29.