Panicum lepidulum Hitchc. & Chase

Panicum lepidulum Hitchc. & Chase, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 15 :
75. 1910.
Plants solitary or in small tufts, erect, 25-70 cm. high; culms usually producing "one or two erect branches from the lower nodes, sparsely papillose-pilose to merely scabrous toward the summit; leaf -sheaths longer than the short lower internodes, shorter than the middle and upper ones, papillose-hispid, the hairs ascending; ligule about 2 mm. long; blades erect, or spreading at the apex, 7-30 cm. long, 5-10 mm. wide, scarcely narrowed to the more or less infolding base, flat or folded, sparsely papillose-pilose to nearly glabrous on both surfaces, glaucous on the upper surface; terminal panicles rather long-exserted, those of the branches short-exserted or slightly included at base, 7-20 cm. long, usually scarcely half as wide, the flexuous branches ascending, bearing short, rather spreading branchlets with 1-3 spikelets toward their ends, the whole forming a more evenly flowered panicle than in P. Hallii; spikelets 4-4.2 mm. long, about 1.5 mm. wide, narrowly ovate, turgid, acuminate; first glume about half the length of the spikelet, acuminate, 5-nerved, the midnerve scabrous toward the apex; second glume and sterile lemma strongly 7-9-nerved, the midnerves scabrous toward the apex; fruit
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2.3-2.5 mm. long, 1.3-1.5 mm. wide, oval, turgid, obtuse.
Type locality: Chihuahua, Chihuahua. Distribution: Mexico to Panama.

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

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