Steinchisma hians(Elliott) Nash

gaping grass

WFO wfo-0000901595 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Steinchisma hians, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. a Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-10 / obs. 187311564
Steinchisma hians, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. b Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174476831
Steinchisma hians, photographed by Blake Bringhurst
fig. c Blake Bringhurst, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150791667
Steinchisma hians, photographed by Cleveland Powell
fig. d Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108336934
Steinchisma hians, photographed by Dan Johnson
fig. e Dan Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102648446
Steinchisma hians, photographed by Dan Johnson
fig. f Dan Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102655244
Steinchisma hians, photographed by Alexander Williams
fig. g Alexander Williams, CC0 1.0 / obs. 102419416
Steinchisma hians, photographed by Dan Johnson
fig. h Dan Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102088748

Every figure is a research-grade observation under CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA, rehosted with the photographer’s name, the licence and the observation it came from. Photographs under a NonCommercial licence are excluded from this site and are never stored, which costs us a great many pictures and is not negotiable.

Native range 32 botanical countries

Regions where Steinchisma hians is native: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Uruguay AlabamaArkansasFloridaGeorgiaIllinoisKentuckyLouisianaMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestMississippiMissouriNew MexicoNorth CarolinaOklahomaSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasVirginiaArgentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBoliviaBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáParaguayUruguay
Native distribution of Steinchisma hians, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Arkansas ARK
Florida FLA
Georgia GEO
Illinois ILL
Kentucky KTY
Louisiana LOU
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS
Mississippi MSI
Missouri MSO
New Mexico NWM
North Carolina NCA
Oklahoma OKL
South Carolina SCA
Tennessee TEN
Texas TEX
Virginia VRG
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Bolivia BOL
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Uruguay URU

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 9 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aira incompleta Bosc ex Steud.
  • Fasciculochloa sparshottiorum B.K.Simon & C.M.Weiller
  • Panicum hians Elliott
  • Panicum hians var. pallescens Döll
  • Panicum jejunum Trin.
  • Panicum megapotamicum Spreng.
  • Panicum milioides Nees ex Trin.
  • Panicum milioides var. filifolium R.A.Palacios
  • Panicum oblongiflorum Desv.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.