Panicum consanguineum

Culms clustered, spreading or ascending, 2-6 dm, with bearded nodes and densely ascending-villous internodes; sheaths and blades villous; ligule a band of hairs not over 1 mm, or obsolete; blades most 6-10 cm נ4-8 mm; primary panicle 4-8 cm, with ascending branches, appearing ±compact; spikelets short-villous, obovoid, blunt, 2.3-2.8 mm; first glume a third as long, broadly triangular, blunt; second glume and sterile lemma slightly surpassed by the mature fr; autumnal phase with numerous short crowded branches, flat blades 3-5 cm, and very small panicles much surpassed by the upper lvs; 2n=18. Sandy woods on the coastal plain; se. Va. to Fla. and Tex., n. in the Mississippi Valley to s. Mo. (Dichanthelium c.)

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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