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Panicum hirticaule J.Presl

Mexican panicgrass (en), Millet (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Panicum

Characteristics

Annual; culms 15-70 cm. high in small erect tufts, sparingly branched, papillose-hispid, especially below the nodes; sheaths usually a little shorter than the internodes, conspicuously papillose-hispid with spreading hairs; ligule ciliate, about 1 mm. long; blades 8-25 cm. long, 4-10 mm. wide, lanceolate, subcordate, sparsely to rather densely papillose-hispid, the margins scabrous and often papillose-hispid-ciliate; panicles 5-15 cm. long, usually brown, the rather slender ascending branches naked in the lower half; spikelets 2.5-3.3 mm. long, acuminate or abruptly pointed, the first glume acute, half to two-thirds as long as the spikelet; fruit 1.8-2 mm. long, smooth and shining.
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An annual grass. It grows 10-80 cm tall. The leaves are hairy and 15 cm long. The flowers are in a branching panicle 12 cm long. The spikelets are rounded.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
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Mature height (meter) 0.63 - 0.9
Root system fibrous-root
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Environment

A tropical plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

Usage

The seeds are ground into a meal and used to make bread.
Uses animal food beverage food
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Panicum hirticaule world distribution map, present in Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:411695-1
WFO ID wfo-0000884504
COL ID 4CDY9
BDTFX ID 82625
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Panicum hirticaule Panicum flabellatum Panicum capillare var. hirticaule Panicum capillare var. miliaceum Panicum hirticaule subsp. sonorum Panicum hirticaule var. miliaceum Panicum hirticaule var. verrucosum Panicum polygamum var. hirticaule Panicum polygonatum var. hirticaule Panicum hirticaule var. hirticaule Panicum hirticaule subsp. hirticaule Panicum sonorum
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