Dichanthelium wilcoxianum (Vasey) Freckman Wilcox Dichanthelium Habit: Tufted perennial. Culms: 10-25 cm. tall, erect, copiously papillose-pilose, nodes not bearded or obscurely so. Blades: Erect, 5-8 cm. long, 3-6 mm. wide, usually involute-acuminate, pubescent with long hairs (papillose-hirsute). Sheaths: Papillose-pilose, overlapping. Ligule: Inconspicuous, 1 mm. long. Inflorescence: Panicle finally exserted, 2-5 cm. long, about half as wide, rather densely flowered, branches ascending. Spikelets: 2.7-3 mm. long, oblong-obovate, papillose-pubescent. Glumes: First about one third as long as the spikelet, second hardly covering the fruit. Autumnal form: Branching from all nodes, forming bushy tufts with rigid, erect leaves much overtopping the reduced panicles. Habitat: Prairies and plains. June-July. Kansas Range: Central (Republic, Riley and Pottawatomie counties). Synonyms: Panicum wilcoxianum Vasey Panicum wilcoxianum Vasey var. breitungii Boivin