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Desert panicgrass

Panicum urvilleanum

Also called Silky Panic Grass, Dune Panicgrass

Desert panicgrass
Photo: Frank Lamson-Scribner, Public domain
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Native range
SE. California to SW. Arizona and NW. Mexico, Chile to Argentina
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Panicum urvilleanum is a species of grass known by the common names desert panicgrass and silky panicgrass. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in sandy habitat, including the dunes of the deserts. It is also known in parts of South America.

This is a stoloniferous perennial grass growing up to a meter tall with hairy leaves up to 45 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a branching, spreading panicle up to 35 centimeters long bearing oval-shaped spikelets coated in downy white or silvery hairs.

Other Panicum plants

Bitter panicgrass · Panicum australiense · Witchgrass · Kleingrass · Australian millet · Fall panicgrass · Hairy Panic Grass · Faurie's panicgrass · Wiry panicgrass · Panicum gymnocarpon · Hall's panicgrass · Havard's panicgrass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Panicum urvilleanum 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.

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