Poaceae
Torrid panicgrass
Panicum torridum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Panicum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Torrid panicgrass
Synonyms
- Neurachne montana Gaudich.
- Neurachne montanum Gaudich.
- Neurachne torrida Gaudich. ex Kunth
- Panicum cinereum Hillebr.
- Panicum montanum Gaudich.
- Panicum nubigenum Kunth
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native
Photos
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, 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.