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Panicum amarum
Also called Bitter Beach Grass, Bitter Panic Grass, Bitter Panicum, Coastal Panic Grass, Bitter Switch Grass
Panicum amarum is a species of grass known by the common name bitter panicum. It is native to North America, where it is found in coastal regions along the East Coast and Gulf Coast of the United States and into northeastern Mexico. It also occurs in The Bahamas and in Cuba.
This perennial grass grows from a thick rhizome. It has stems up to 2.5 meters tall and 1 centimeter thick. It may grow erect or bent over. The thick, firm leaves are up to half a meter long. They are bluish in color. The inflorescence is a narrowed panicle up to 80 centimeters long by 17 wide. Some seed is produced but most reproduction is vegetative, with new plants sprouting from tillers and the rhizome.
Panicum australiense · Witchgrass · Kleingrass · Australian millet · Fall panicgrass · Hairy Panic Grass · Faurie's panicgrass · Wiry panicgrass · Panicum gymnocarpon · Hall's panicgrass · Havard's panicgrass · Maidencane
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Panicum amarum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
