Panicum capillare
Common name
witchgrass
Family
Poaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Grasses
NVS code
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PANCAP
Conservation status
Not applicable
Similar taxa
Annual with fibrous roots, reproducing by seeds. Stems 25 to 75 cm tall, often spreading and branched. Leaves and especially the leaf sheaths covered with dense soft hairs. Panicle much branched, becoming spreading and open at maturity, often breaking from stem and blown about by wind. (Wax, Fawcett and Isely 1981)
Year naturalised
1916
Origin
North America
Seed
Seeds 1.5 mm long, greenish or greyish, shiny, smooth, readily separated from hulls when ripe. (Wax, Fawcett and Isely 1981)
Dispersal
Wind.