Dichanthelium latifolium L. Wideleaf Dichanthelium Habit: Tufted perennial from a knotted crown. Culms: 45-100 cm. tall, glabrous or rarely sparsely pubescent below, nodes glabrous, spreading and branched from the middle nodes. Blade: 8-10 cm. long, 1.5-4 cm. wide, ciliate toward the very broad clasping base, otherwise glabrous, rarely minutely pubescent. Sheath: Glabrous, except the ciliate margin and pubescent ring at the summit. Ligule: About 1 mm. long. Inflorescence: Panicle 7-15 cm. long, with long, few-flowered ascending branches. Spikelet: 3.4-3.7 mm. long, obovate-elliptic, pubescent, except at the tip, rather turgid, 7-9-nerved. Glumes: First about half the length of the spikelet. Autumnal form: More or less spreading, branching from the middle nodes, the upper leaves of the branches crowded and spreading, not much reduced. Habitat: Rocky or sandy woods. July-August. Kansas Range: East sixth. Synonyms: Panicum latifolium L.