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Fig. 397. Panicum leibergii Scribu. U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. 

 Agros. Bull. 8:6. .pi. 3. (P. scoparium leibergii Vasey, Contr 

 U. S. Nat. Herb., 3 : 31.) — A slender, erect, or ascending perennial 

 grass, 3-6 dm. bigb, with rather broad, flat leaves and few-flowered 

 panicles of comparatively large, obtuse spikelets (a, b, c) 3 to 4 

 mm. long, the outer glumes papillate-pilose with stiff, spreading 

 hairs. — Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Missouri. May-July. 



