Poaceae
Torpedo grass
Panicum repens
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Panicum
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Common names
By language (13)
- Arabic
- ثمام زاحف, سيسون
- arz
- ثمام زاحف
- Chinese
- 舖地黍, 铺地黍, 枯骨草, 铺地黍根
- English
- Torpedo grass
- Finnish
- Juolahirssi
- French
- Millet Rampant
- Hausa
- Ƙafifiya
- Hebrew
- דוחן זוחל
- Japanese
- ハイキビ
- Persian
- ارزن جویباری
- Portuguese
- Escalracho
- Sinhala
- ඇටවරා
- Thai
- หญ้าชันกาด
Synonyms
- Panicum arenarium Brot.
- Panicum chromatostigma Pilg.
- Panicum convolutum P.Beauv. ex Spreng.
- Panicum grossarium Forssk.
- Panicum ischaemoides Retz.
- Panicum kiensieleense Vanderyst
- Panicum kinshasaense Vanderyst
- Panicum leiogonum Delile
- Panicum littorale C.Mohr ex Vasey
- Panicum nyanzense K.Schum.
- Panicum pauciflorum Bory ex Nees
- Panicum polyphyllum Peter
- Panicum polystachion Ucria
- Panicum repens var. arenarium (Brot.) Kuntze
- Panicum repens var. elatum Lojac.
- Panicum repens var. ischaemoides (Retz.) Boerl.
- Panicum repens var. leiogonum (Delile) Schweinf.
- Panicum roxburghianum Schult.
- Panicum tuberosum Llanos
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Marta Vidal gallego, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: vishmamallik2001, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Miguel A. C., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Nicola Costa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, 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.