Poaceae
Common panic grass
Panicum capillare
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Panicum
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- ثمام شعري
- arz
- ثمام شعرى
- Chinese
- 纤枝稷, 发枝黍, 毛线稷
- Czech
- Proso vláskovité
- Dutch
- Draadgierst
- English
- Common panic grass, Old-witch grass, Witchgrass, Witch grass
- Finnish
- Hapsihirssi
- German
- Haarästige Rispenhirse, Haarästige Hirse, Haarstielige Hirse
- hsb
- Ćeńkohałžkate jahły
- Hungarian
- Hajszálágú köles
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Heksehirse
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Heksehirse
- nv
- Tłʼohdaʼaghálii
- Swedish
- Buketthirs
- Welsh
- Miled y wrach
Synonyms
- Chasea capillaris (L.) Nieuwl.
- Leptoloma barbipulvinata (Nash) Smyth
- Leptoloma capillaris (L.) Smyth
- Milium barbipulvinatum (Nash ex Rydb.) Lunell
- Milium capillare (L.) Moench
- Panicum acutifolium Willd. ex Spreng.
- Panicum barbipulvinatum Nash ex Rydb.
- Panicum barbipulvinatum var. hirsutipes Suksd.
- Panicum bobartii Lam.
- Panicum capillare subsp. barbipulvinatum (Nash ex Rydb.) Tzvelev
- Panicum capillare subsp. capillare
- Panicum capillare var. agreste Gatt.
- Panicum capillare var. barbipulvinatum (Nash ex Rydb.) McGregor
- Panicum capillare var. brevifolium Vasey
- Panicum capillare var. capillare
- Panicum capillare var. occidentale Rydb.
- Panicum capillare var. vulgare Scribn.
- Panicum elegantulum Suksd.
- Panicum riparium H.Scholz
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September (from 48 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Rissa Groves, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Harry Podschwit, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Luca Michaletzky, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: camdenwhitlock3, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Katie McCoy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Joani Mortenson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
More in Panicum
- Broomcorn milletPanicum miliaceumPoaceae
- SwitchgrassPanicum virgatumPoaceae
- Torpedo grassPanicum repensPoaceae
- Barefoot panicgrassPanicum sumatrensePoaceae
- Fall panic grassPanicum dichotomiflorumPoaceae
- Desert grassPanicum turgidumPoaceae
- Blue panicumPanicum antidotalePoaceae
- Hairy panic grassPanicum effusumPoaceae
- Desert panicgrassPanicum urvilleanumPoaceae
- KleingrassPanicum coloratumPoaceae
- Australian milletPanicum decompositumPoaceae
- Mexican panicgrassPanicum hirticaulePoaceae
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.