Panicum fauriei var. latius is a cespitose annual grass, standing 2 to 46 cm tall, featuring branched, puberulent culms with either puberulent or short-pilose nodes. The leaves are simple, alternate, and cauline, with blades 1.5–12 cm long and 0.1–0.4 cm wide, often loosely involute, featuring pilose upper surfaces and puberulent lower surfaces. It displays 1–11 cm long panicles with a puberulent or sparsely pilose axis and branches that are usually appressed and puberulent or pilose. Its spikelets, measuring 2.0–4.2 mm long, are acuminate to acute and short-pubescent, with notable tufts of hairs at the apex of the glumes. The first glume is as long as the spikelet and 3-5-nerved, while the second glume is shorter than or nearly equal to the first, being 5-9-nerved. The first floret is sterile, with the first lemma being shorter than or equal to the second glume, and the second floret is dark brown at maturity, elliptic, smooth, and glossy. The anthers are 0.8–1.1 mm long, and the fruit is a caryopsis. It typically inhabits dry, open, and often rocky environments such as lava flows, rocky shores, raised coralline reefs, and dunes between 0-400 meters.
Bean-shaped (Reniform): Resembling the shape of a kidney or bean.
Square or Oblong: Angular shape with all sides more or less equal or longer than wide.
Triangular: Three-sided shape, broadest below the middle.
Elliptic: Rounded at both ends. shaped like an ellipse or oval.
Ovate or Obovate: egg-shaped, broader at one end.
Linear: Extremely long and narrow, with sides usually parallel.
Round: Appears circular, with length and width roughly the same.
Cardioid (Heart-Shaped): One edge has a prominent double curve into two lobes.
Cylindrical: A cylinder with parallel sides and a circular cross-section.
Discoid: Resembling a disc or plate with two relatively flat surfaces.
Fusiform: Spindle-shaped, tapering at both ends.
Globose: Spherical.
Lenticular: Resembling a lens with two convex surfaces.
Ovoid: Egg-shaped.
Plano-convex: Having a flat ventral (planar) surface and a curved dorsal (convex) surface.
Polygonal: Having more than three flat faces meeting at angles.
Sectoroid: Resembling a segment of an orange with two relatively flat faces and one curved face.
Subglobose/ellipsoid: Inflated shape but less than spherical.
Trigonous: Having three faces that meet at a distinct angle; triangular in cross-section.
Endangered species (E) are species that are so rare they’re in danger of becoming extinct.
Threatened species (T) are species that are likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of their range.
Species of Concern (SOC) are species about which there are some concerns regarding status and threats, but insufficient information is available to list the species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Plant Extinction Prevention (PEP) is a state status for rare plants that focuses its efforts on species that have fewer than 50 remaining wild individuals.
Orthodox seeds (desiccation-tolerant): can be dried to an internal seed moisture of less than 12% water and stored at freezing temperatures.
Intermediate seeds (temperature-sensitive) tend to age faster than orthodox seeds and may have only a 5-year lifespan when stored at -20°C. They are recommended for storage at 5°C.
Recalcitrant seeds (desiccation-sensitive): cannot be stored in a conventional freezer as they cannot survive after drying and/or freezing at -20°C. They are recommended for cryopreservation storage.