*Steinchisma laxum (Swartz) Zuloaga. Common name: Lax Panic Grass. Phenology: Feb-Oct. Habitat: Bottomland forests, wet agricultural fields, other moist disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of West Indies and Mexico to South America.
Origin/Endemic status: Neotropics
Synonymy ⓘ: = FlGr, K4; = n/a — FNA25; = Panicum laxum Sw. — Bah. Basionym: Panicum laxum Sw. 1788
Links to other floras: = n/a - FNA25
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
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