familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Panicoideae
genusPanicum
subgenusPanicum subg. Panicum
sectionPanicum sect. Panicum
speciesPanicum miliaceum
subspeciesPanicum miliaceum subsp. ruderale
Panicum miliaceum subsp. ruderale
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 457.
Culms 70-210 cm. Panicles about twice as long as wide, open, erect, exserted; branches ascending to spreading; pulvini well-developed. Upper florets blackish, shiny, disarticulating at maturity.
Discussion
Panicum miliaceum subsp. ruderale is now naturalized over much of the Flora region. It may become a major weed, especially in corn fields.
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;spreading +
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 +
contracted +
dense +
subterranean +
erect +
exserted +
pyramidal +
varying +
absent +
divergent +
appressed +
pilose +
scabrous +
separating +
thin +
well-developed +
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. ruderale +
Panicum miliaceum +
subspecies +
hyaline +
membranous +
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 +