familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Panicoideae
genusPanicum
subgenusPanicum subg. Panicum
sectionPanicum sect. Panicum
speciesPanicum miliaceum
subspeciesPanicum miliaceum subsp. miliaceum
Panicum miliaceum subsp. miliaceum
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 457.
Culms 20-120 cm. Panicles more than twice as long as wide, relatively contracted, usually nodding, not fully exerted; branches ascending to appressed; pulvini almost absent. Upper florets stramineous to orange, not disarticulating at maturity.
Discussion
Panicum miliaceum subsp. miliaceum is the sub¬species used in bird seed. It probably rarely persists because of the retention of the upper florets on the plant and, in northern states, poor seed survival over winter.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"decumbent" is not a number."-11-veined" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
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absent +
common +
absent +
bulliform +
absent +
membranous +
gaping +
apiculate +
puberulent +
attenuate +
absent +
absent +
arising +
single +
sulcate +
cormlike +
membranous +
thick +
adaxial +
secund +
stiff +
ascending;appressed +
absent +
sterile +
spikelike +
absent +
sterile +
not developed +
absent +
thick-walled +
arranged +
surrounded +
2;6 +
sometimes longer +
small green +
branching +
annual +
stout +
climbing +
floating +
decumbent +
herbaceous +
not compressed +
not woody +
narrow +
Idaho +, Mont. +, Wash. +, Conn. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Va. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Wis. +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, Mass. +, Maine +, N.H. +, R.I. +, Vt. +, Fla. +, Wyo. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, La. +, N.C. +, Tenn. +, Ind. +, Pa. +, Virgin Islands +, Nev. +, Puerto Rico +, Colo. +, Ariz. +, Ga. +, Iowa +, Ill. +, Kans. +, Ky. +, Md. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, N.Dak. +, Nebr. +, Ohio +, Oreg. +, S.Dak. +, Utah +, Calif. +, Ala. +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.) +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. + and Miss. +
1/2 +
waisted +
large +
hard +
capillary +
germination +
adjacent +
sometimes longer +
well-developed +
absent +
reduced +
bisexual +
plump +
absent +
herbaceous +
shorter +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
tuberculate +
unequal +
membranous +
equal +
well-developed +
papillose-based +
caducous +
lacking +
uncinate +
punctate +
Present +
axillary +
thick-walled +
arranged +
surrounded +
thick-walled +
arranged +
surrounded +
thick-walled +
centripetal +
elongated +
glabrous +
not succulent +
absent +
distichous +
cauline +
hyaline +
coriaceous +
absent +
membranous +
free +
absent +
inconspicuous +
glabrous +
cuneate +
fleshy +
staminate +
sterile +
reduced +
5-7-veined +
minute +
9-13-veined +
hyaline +
absent +
separated +
hyaline +
involute +
absent +
puberulent +
absent +
glabrous +
clasping +
keeled +
condensed +
contracted +
dense +
subterranean +
nodding +
pyramidal +
varying +
absent +
divergent +
appressed +
pilose +
scabrous +
separating +
thin +
absent +
evident +
winter +
lunate +
absent +
higher +
thick-walled +
anatomy +
closed +
surrounded +
pilose +
terete +
Introduced +
complex +
bisexual +
unisexual +
sessile +
length +
attached +
absent +
glabrous +
ovoid +
equaling +
Panicum miliaceum subsp. miliaceum +
Panicum miliaceum +
subspecies +
hyaline +
membranous +
not disarticulating +
persisting +
bisexual +
11-13(15)-veined +
much longer +
absent +
subequal +
shorter to much +
shiny +
(5)7-15-veined +
rugose +
separated +
absent +
scabridulous +
rhizomatous +
perennial +
cespitose +
branching +
annual +
herbaceous +
variable +