Panicum dichotomiflorum
Common name
smooth witch-grass
Family
Poaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Grasses
NVS code
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PANDIC
Conservation status
Not applicable
Similar taxa
Annual with fibrous roots. Stems 0.5 to 1.3 m long, smooth spreading, often partly flat on the ground. Lower nodes swollen, often rooting. Leaves smooth or sparsely hairy. Leaf sheaths heavy, short, smooth, loose, often purplish. Panicle more compact and shorter than that of witchgrass. (Wax, Fawcett and Isely 1981)
Year naturalised
1946
Origin
N. America
Seed
Seeds about 1.5 mm long, yellow, smooth, dull, readily separated from hulls when ripe. (Wax, Fawcett and Isely 1981).