Poaceae
Velvet panicum
Dichanthelium scoparium
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Dichanthelium
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Dichanthelium scopariumPoaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Velvet panicum
Synonyms
- Chasea pubescens (Lam.) Nieuwl.
- Panicum debile Torr. ex Steud.
- Panicum elliotii Spreng. ex Steud.
- Panicum fimbriatum Willd. ex Spreng.
- Panicum nitidum var. velutinum Döll
- Panicum pubescens Lam.
- Panicum scoparium Lam.
- Panicum scoparium var. genuinum Scribn.
- Panicum viscidum Elliott
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.