Common Name: fall panicumScientific Name: Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx.Family Name: Poaceae (Graminae) - Grass FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative annual, reproducing by seed Culmssmooth often glossy, upright, sometimes slightly spreading with bent base, round, conspicuous nodes sometimes rooting, zig-zagged late season Leavesblades 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 Seedheadspanicle, spreading, wide, often purplish late season