Dichanthelium leibergii (Vasey) Lieberg Dichanthelium Habit: Tufted perennial. Culms: Slender, 25-75 cm. tall, erect from a more or less geniculate base, pilose, or scabrous at least below the nodes, in late summer with erect branches from the lower nodes. Blades: Ascending or erect, rather thin, 6-15 cm. long, 7-15 mm. wide, papillose-hispid on both surfaces, often sparsely so above. Sheaths: Strongly papillose-hispid, with spreading hairs. Ligule: Minute. Inflorescence: Panicle 8-15 cm. long, less than half as wide, the branches narrowly ascending. Spikelets: 3.7-4 mm. long, less turgid than D. scribnerianum, strongly papillose-hispid with long spreading hairs, strongly 7-9 nerved. Glumes: First half as long as the spikelet, acuminate, second equaling the fruit, membranous. Autumnal form: Leaning, sparingly branching from the middle and lower nodes. Habitat: Prairies. June-July. Kansas Range: East fifth. Synonyms: Panicum leibergii (Vasey) Scribn. Panicum leibergii (Vasey) Scribn. var. baldwinii Lepage Panicum scoparium Lam. var. leibergii Vasey