Poaceae
Fall panic grass
Panicum dichotomiflorum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Panicum
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Common names
By language (11)
- arz
- بانيكوم ديتشوتوميفلوروم
- Chinese
- 洋野黍, 水生黍
- Czech
- Proso vidlicokvěté
- Dutch
- Kale gierst
- English
- Fall panic grass, Fall panicgrass, Autumn millet
- Finnish
- Haarahirssi
- German
- Gabelblütige Hirse, Gabelästige Hirse
- hsb
- Nahe jahły
- Japanese
- オオクサキビ
- Swedish
- Hösthirs
- Welsh
- Miled yr Hydref
Synonyms
- Leptoloma dichotomiflorum (Michx.) Smyth
- Panicum alternatum Brouss.
- Panicum ammophilum Trin. ex Nees
- Panicum amplectens Chapm.
- Panicum aquaticum var. cartagoense Davidse
- Panicum aquaticum var. chloroticum (Nees ex Trin.) R.C.Foster
- Panicum brachiatum Bosc ex Spreng.
- Panicum chloroticum Nees
- Panicum chloroticum Nees ex Trin.
- Panicum chloroticum var. agreste Nees
- Panicum chloroticum var. luxurians Nees ex Döll
- Panicum chloroticum var. pingue Nees
- Panicum chloroticum var. silvestre Nees
- Panicum chloroticum var. sylvestre Nees
- Panicum dichotomiflorum subsp. dichotomiflorum
- Panicum dichotomiflorum subsp. puritanorum (Svenson) Freckmann & Lelong
- Panicum dichotomiflorum var. chloroticum (Nees ex Trin.) B.Bock
- Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum
- Panicum dichotomiflorum var. geniculatum Fernald
- Panicum dichotomiflorum var. imperiorum Fernald
- Panicum dichotomiflorum var. imperiorum Fernald
- Panicum dichotomiflorum var. imperium Fernald
- Panicum dichotomiflorum var. puritanorum Svenson
- Panicum elliottii S.Watson
- Panicum francavillanum E.Fourn.
- Panicum geniculatum Muhl.
- Panicum hygrophilum Salzm. ex Steud.
- Panicum miliaceum Walter
- Panicum multiflorum Poir.
- Panicum proliferum var. chloroticum (Nees ex Trin.) Hack.
- Panicum proliferum var. geniculatum Alph.Wood
- Panicum proliferum var. pilosum Griseb.
- Panicum proliferum var. richardii Döll
- Panicum proliferum var. strictum Griseb.
- Panicum proliferum var. xanthochlorum Hack. ex Bertoni
- Panicum retrofractum Delile ex Desv.
Flowers
- In flower
- August to September (from 40 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jonathan Sowers, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Show ryu ., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pavel Kúr, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: capsurlaplanetevie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: fmunoz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Henry "Nick" Robertson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, 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.