{{Short description|Species of grass}} {{Speciesbox |image = Panicum flexile.jpg |genus=Panicum |species=flexile |authority=(Gattinger) Scribn. }}
'''''Panicum flexile''''', commonly called '''wiry panicgrass''',<ref name=usda/> is a species of flowering plant in the grass family (Poaceae). It is primarily native to eastern to North America, where it has a scattered and localized distribution.<ref name=BONAP/> It is typically found in mafic or calcareous open areas, both wet and dry, particularly associated with limestone.<ref name=fna/><ref name=weakley2015/>
''Panicum flexile'' is a rather delicate annual grass. It can be distinguished from similar-looking ''Panicum'' by its long-acuminate spikelets arranged in a slender, elongated panicle.<ref name=tx/><ref name=weakley2015/>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=BONAP>{{BONAP|ref|genus=Panicum|species=flexile|accessdate=2 June 2019}}</ref> <ref name=fna>[http://beta.floranorthamerica.org/wiki/Panicum_flexile ''Panicum flexile''] Flora of North America (beta version)</ref> <ref name=tx>{{cite book |last1=Diggs |first1=George |last2=Lipscomb |first2=Barney |last3=Reed |first3=Monique |last4=O'Kennon |first4=Robert |date=2006|title=Illustrated Flora of East Texas, Volume 1 |url=https://www.brit.org/brit-press/easttexasflora |publisher=Botanical Research Institute of Texas |page=1000}}</ref> <ref name=usda>{{PLANTS|id=PAFL2|taxon=Panicum flexile|access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref> <ref name=weakley2015>{{cite web |url=http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm |title=Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States |last=Weakley |first=Alan |date=2015 |access-date=2019-06-02 |archive-date=2018-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006082209/http://herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q15520261}}
flexile Category:Flora of Northern America
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