Poaceae
Mexican panicgrass
Panicum hirticaule
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Panicum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Mexican panicgrass
Synonyms
- Panicum capillare var. glabrum Vasey ex Brandegee
- Panicum capillare var. hirticaule (J.Presl) Gould
- Panicum capillare var. miliaceum Vasey
- Panicum flabellatum E.Fourn.
- Panicum hirticaule subsp. hirticaule
- Panicum hirticaule subsp. sonorum (Beal) Freckmann & Lelong
- Panicum hirticaule var. glabrescens Andersson
- Panicum hirticaule var. hirticaule
- Panicum hirticaule var. miliaceum (Vasey) Beetle
- Panicum hirticaule var. verrucosum Zuloaga & Morrone
- Panicum polygamum var. hirticaule (J.Presl) E.Fourn.
- Panicum polygonatum var. hirticaule E.Fourn.
- Panicum sonorum Beal
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: introduced
Photos
Photo: Linda L. Oestry, Garrett Herbarium, Natural History Museum of Utah, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, 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.