Panicum parcum Hitchc. & Chase

Panicum parcum Hitchc. & Chase, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 15:
68. 1910.
Plants sparingly branching from the middle or upper nodes; culms 30-50 cm. high, slender,
erect or somewhat geniculate at base, glabrous ; leaf-sheaths rather sparingly papillose-hispid,
glabrate toward the base; ligule 1-2 mm. long; blades ascending, rather thin, linear, elongate,
10-30 cm. long, 2-6 mm. wide, slightly narrowed to the base, acuminate, sparsely pilose on both
surfaces or glabrate, more or less ciliate; panicles short-exserted, the terminal 10-20 cm. long,
half to two thirds as wide (the axillary smaller), few-flowered, the few, slender, but not capillary,
flexuous branches solitary, remote, ascending, bearing ascending or appressed branchlets with
scattered, rather long-pediceled spikelets; spikelets about 6 mm. long, 1.8 mm. wide, turgid,
acuminate-pointed; first glume about half the length of the spikelet, pointed; second glume
longer than the sterile lemma, both exceeding the fruit and pointed beyond it, the sterile palea
about half as long as its lemma; fruit 3.3 mm. long, 1.4 mm. wide.
Type locality: I,odiego, Sinaloa. Distribution: Sinaloa to Guerrero.

Panicum parcum adalah spesies tumbuhan yang tergolong ke dalam famili Poaceae. Spesies ini juga merupakan bagian dari ordo Poales. Spesies Panicum parcum sendiri merupakan bagian dari genus Panicum. Nama ilmiah dari spesies ini pertama kali diterbitkan oleh Hitchc. & Chase.

Panicum parcum là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hòa thảo. Loài này được Hitchc. & Chase mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1910.