Poaceae
Maidencane
Panicum hemitomon
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Panicum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Maidencane
Synonyms
- Brachiaria digitarioides Nash
- Hymenachne hemitoma (Schult.) C.C.Hsu
- Oplismenus colonus var. walteri E.Fourn.
- Oplismenus walteri Kunth
- Panicum carinatum Torr.
- Panicum carolinianum Spreng.
- Panicum curtisii Chapm.
- Panicum digitarioides Steud.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Jay Horn, CC BY 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.