NameThatPlant.net: Panicum capillare

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Panicum capillare FAMILY Poaceae Go to FSUS key

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Learn more about Panicum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum capillare FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-010:

Panicum capillare FAMILY Poaceae

COMMON NAME:
Old-witch Panicgrass, Tickle Grass, Tumbleweed

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Panicum capillare FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum capillare FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-010:
Panicum capillare FAMILY Poaceae

1016

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Open sandy or stony soil, fields, roadsides, waste places, often weedy in cultivated soil, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked (plants lacking a rosette of overwintering basal leaves)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain

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