See other conspecific taxa:

• Panicum amarum var. amarulum (0 accessions)
• Panicum amarum var. amarum (0 accessions)

Common names:

• bitter beach grass  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• bitter panic grass  (Source: Grass VarUSA) - English
• coastal panic grass  (Source: Grass VarUSA) - English

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: erosion control;

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, New Jersey, New York (s.e.), Pennsylvania (s.e.)]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama (s.), Delaware, Florida, Georgia (s.e.), Louisiana (s.), Maryland (e.), Mississippi (s.), North Carolina (e.), South Carolina, Virginia (e.)]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Tamaulipas]
• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Bahamas, Cuba
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Honduras (e.)


Cultivated

Northern America

• United States

References:

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=70475. Accessed 1 July 2024.