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Winged panicgrass

Panicum alatum Zuloaga & Morrone

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Panicum

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Winged panicgrass: Upper (fertile) florets of Panicum hirticaule var. verrucosum , Panicum hirticaule var. hirticaule , and Panicum alatum , from herbarium specimens at New Mexico
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Winged panicgrass

Synonyms

  • Panicum alatum var. alatum
  • Panicum alatum var. longiflorum Zuloaga & Morrone
  • Panicum alatum var. minus (Andersson) Zuloaga & Morrone
  • Panicum hirticaule var. majus Andersson
  • Panicum hirticaule var. minus Andersson

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid
Lifespan
Annual, Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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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.