Dichanthelium laxiflorum (Lamarck) Gould

Natural range:   Southern U.S., Mexico, Caribbean

Habitat:  Moist shaded areas

Florida status:   Native, widespread

Recognition:  Branched at the base only.  Leaves soft, flexible, in basal cluster, the sheath hairy; leaf blades to 17 cm, ciliate marginally.  Spikelets 1.7-2.3 mm, pubescent with papilla-based hairs (vs. D. strigosum).  Lower glume deltoid (vs. blunt in D. portoricense).