Fall Panicum

(Panicum dichotomiflorum)

Fall Panicum

Characteristics
Leaves Ligule Flowers
fall panicum leaves fall panicum ligule Fall panicum seedhead

Growing habits: Decumbent to erec summer annual, bends and brances at nodes

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots

Leaf anatomy: Upper surface may be pubescent, sheath compressed and glabrous, membranous ligule fringed with trichomes

Reproduction: Panicle inflorescence with many open flexible branches

References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice