| Monocotyledon | Literature for Panicum torridum
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Poaceae -- The Grass Family | Bibliography |
| Panicum torridum | |
Common name(s): panic grass, hakonakona (Ni`ihau), kakonakona |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Necker, Nihoa, Ni`ihau, Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Kaho`olawe, Hawai`i. | |
| Habit |
Cespitose annuals; culms 8-90 cm tall, unbranched or branched, villous or velvety puberulent, the nodes villous. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves cauline; sheaths villous or velvety puberulent; ligule a ciliate membrane, 0.7-2 mm long, the membrane 0.1-0.7 mm long, the cilia 0.6-1.4 mm long; blades 4-29 cm long, 0.2-1.5 cm wide, flat, villous or velvety puberulent. |
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| Flowers |
Panicles 3-23 cm long, axis villous, branches ascending, villous; spikelets 1.9-5.1 mm long, acuminate, villous; glumes villous with hairs 1-3 mm long, apex often curved outward, first glume as long as spikelets, acuminate or rarely acute, 5-7-nerved, second glume shorter than first glume, acute to acuminate, 5-9-nerved; first floret sterile, first lemma shorter than second glume, glabrous to villous, 7-nerved, first palea 1/4-1/2 as long as first lemma; second floret dark brown with white nerves at maturity, 1.2-2 mm long, 0.5-0.8 mm wide, elliptic, smooth, glossy; anthers 0.7-1.2 mm long. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 18* |
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