Poaceae
Kleingrass
Panicum coloratum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Panicum
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- ثمام ملون
- Chinese
- 光头黍
- English
- Kleingrass
Synonyms
- Milium coloratum (L.) Moench
- Panicum bossii Tropea
- Panicum coloratum var. coloratum
- Panicum coloratum var. makarikariense Gooss.
- Panicum coloratum var. minus Stapf ex Chiov.
- Panicum coloratum var. strictum Rendle
- Panicum crassipes Mez
- Panicum jainii Karthik. & Sundararagh.
- Panicum makarikariensis (Gooss.) Van Rensb.
- Panicum nehruense Jauhar & Joshi
- Panicum simpliciflorum Jauhar & Joshi
- Panicum subalbidum var. tuberculosum Chiov.
- Panicum swynnertonii Rendle
Flowers
- In flower
- July (from 8 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nate Sabo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Susan Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Mark McClelland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Susan Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt C, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Susan Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Nathan May, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.