''Panicum fauriei'' is a species of

grass Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns a ...

known by the common name Faurie's panicgrass. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state ...

. There are at least three varieties of this grass species. One, var. ''carteri'', Carter's panicgrass (formerly named ''Panicum carteri'') is federally listed as an endangered species of the United States.USFWS
Rule to list ''Panicum carteri'' (Carter's Panicgrass) as end. species & determine critical habitat.
''Federal Register'' October 12, 1983.

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