Common Name: witchgrassScientific Name: Panicum capillare LFamily Name: Poaceae (Graminae) - Grass FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative annual, reproducing by seed Culmsupright to spreading, branched, very hairy Leavesblades dense hairs above and below, pronounced white mid-rib, rolled in bud; auricles absent; ligule fringe of hairs; sheaths hairy, somewhat compressed, open and overlapped Seedheadspanicle, dense, open, relatively large