Poaceae
Bitter panicgrass
Panicum amarum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Panicum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Bitter panicgrass, Bitter panic grass
Synonyms
- Chasea amara (Elliott) Nieuwl.
- Panicum amaroides Scribn. & Merr.
- Panicum amarulum Hitchc. & Chase
- Panicum amarum subsp. amarulum (Hitchc. & Chase) Freckmann & Lelong
- Panicum amarum subsp. amarum
- Panicum amarum var. amarulum (Hitchc. & Chase) P.G.Palmer
- Panicum amarum var. amarum
- Panicum amarum var. minus Vasey & Scribn.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: BeckyLaboy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.