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Fig. 51. Panicum proliferumLam. Sprouting Crab-grass.— 

 A smooth and usually much-branched, native annual, with rather 

 <oarse, spreading, or ascending stems 6 to 18 dm. long, flat leaves 

 and diffuse terminal and lateral panicles. — Low ground, ditches, 

 etc., Maine to Illinois and Nebraska, south to Florida and Texas. 

 [Cuba]. March-October. 



