Panicum dichotomiflorum

Common Name: 
fall panicum
Scientific Name: 
Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx.
Family Name: 
Poaceae (Graminae) - Grass Family
Identification Notes
Life Cycle
native annual, reproducing by seed
Culms
smooth often glossy, upright, sometimes slightly spreading with bent base, round, conspicuous nodes sometimes rooting, zig-zagged late season
Culms of Fall Panicum
Culms of Fall Panicum
Culms of Fall Panicum
Culms of Fall Panicum
Culms of Fall Panicum
Culms of Fall Panicum
Leaves
blades smooth or sparse hairs above, smooth and glossy below, pronounced white mid-rib, rolled in bud; auricles absent; ligule fringe of hairs; sheaths open, smooth, frequently purplish
Leaves of Fall Panicum
Seedheads
panicle, spreading, wide, often purplish late season
Seedheads of Fall Panicum