Poaceae
Blackseed ricegrass
Patis racemosa
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Patis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Blackseed ricegrass
Synonyms
- Milium racemosum Sm.
- Oryzopsis melanocarpa Muhl.
- Piptatherum nigrum Torr.
- Piptatherum racemosum (Sm.) Eaton
- Urachne melanosperma Link
- Urachne racemosa (Sm.) Trin.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Owen Strickland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: feralist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Reuven Martin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joseph D Kurtz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Diane Auberson-Lavoie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tyler Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ryan Sorrells, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steven Lamonde, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Loopy30, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ann McKenzie, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.