Poaceae
Blue panicum
Panicum antidotale
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Panicum
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- ثمام ترياقي
- arz
- ثمام ترياقى
- Chinese
- 兰黍
- English
- Blue panicum, Blue panicgrass, Blue Panicgrass, giant panic
- Hindi
- कुटकी
- Marathi
- कुटकी
- Persian
- ارزن پادزهری
- Punjabi
- ਘਮੂਰ
Synonyms
- Chasea prolifera (Lam.) Nieuwl.
- Milium effusum Lour.
- Panicum akoense Hayata
- Panicum brevifolium Balb. ex Nees
- Panicum elliottii Trin. ex Nees
- Panicum meneri J.Koenig ex Nees
- Panicum miliare Lam.
- Panicum musciparum L. ex Munro
- Panicum proliferum Lam.
- Panicum sparsum Rottler ex Steud.
- Paspalum miliare (Lam.) K.Schum. & Hollrung
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: GarryMann, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, 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.