Glaucous perennial herb forming rounded bushes ; up to 100(-200) cm high , with a stout , fibrous roots . Stems (culms) erect or ascending , woody , bamboo-like , smooth , branched at the nodes , sometimes forming tufts . Leaves alternate , simple ; leaf-blades linear-lanceolate , (0 . 5-)2-15 cm x 1-6 mm , flat , folded or inrolled , glabrous and glaucous , stiff and pungent , often much shorter than the sheath , rarely filiform and up to 30 cm . Inflorescences a terminal panicle , triangular in outline , 2 . 5-15(-30) cm long , lax , branches distant and eventually spreading ; spikelets ovoid , 3 . 5-4 . 5(-5) mm long , glabrous , acute or acuminate , comprising 1 basal sterile florets ; glumes lower glume broadly ovate , three-quarters as long to almost as long as the spikelet , 5-to 9-veined ; upper lemma pallid , smooth and shining . Fruits caryopsis , 2 mm long , reddish , with numerous seeds . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 4) .
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Panicum frutescens Mez
Panicum minutiflorum Fig. & De Not.
Panicum neglectum Roem. & Schult.
Panicum notarisii Schweinf.
Panicum nubicum Fig. & De Not.
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Desert Grass
Desert Panic Grass
Wild Grain Grass
Afezu Grass
Basket Grass
Sahara Millet
Turgid Panic Grass
Known as fodder especially after rainy season. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
Ghazanfar, S. (2018). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.4: Hydrocharitaceae – Orchidaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 56). ISBN 9789492663153 ISSN 0779-2387. https://en.wikipedia.org https://swbiodiversity.org Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press. POWO (2023). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
