Panicum polyanthes Schult.

Panicum polyanthes Schultes, in R. & S. Syst. Veg. Mant. 2:
257. 1824.
Panicum multiflorum EH. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1: 122. O 1816. Not P. multiflorum Poir. My 1816. Panicum microcarpon Muhl. Descr. Gram. 111. 1817. Not P. microcarpon Muhl.; Ell. 1816. Panicum microcarpon isophyllum Scribn. Bull. Tenn. Exp. Sta. 7: 51. 1894.
Vernal plants light-green, in tufts of few to several culms, 30-90 cm. high, stout, erect, the nodes glabrous or nearly so; leaf -sheaths long, usually overlapping, finely ciliate on the margin, otherwise glabrous ; ligule obsolete or wanting ; blades rather thin, prominently nerved, ascending, 12-23 cm. long, 15-25 mm. wide, the upper seldom reduced, longacuminate, scarcely narrowed toward the cordate base, rough or smooth on the upper surface, smooth below, the cartilaginous, scabrous margin ciliate toward the base; panicles exserted, 8-25 cm. long, one fourth to half as wide, densely flowered, the lower branches narrowly ascending, often distant, the upper fascicled, spike let-bearing to the base; spikelets 1.5-1.6 mm. long, 1-1.1 mm. wide, obovoid-spheric at maturity, minutely puberulent; first glume one third to two fifths the length of the spikelet, obtuse or obscurely pointed; second glume and sterile lemma equaling the fruit at maturity; fruit obovoid-spheric.
Autumnal phase remaining erect and simple or producing from the lower or middle nodes simple branches with smaller blades and panicles; winter rosettes like those of P. sphaerocarpon, but the leaves larger.
Type locality: South Carolina.
Distribution: New Jersey to Georgia and eastern Texas.

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

Panicum polyanthes là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hòa thảo. Loài này được Schult. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1824.