Panicum capillare Calflora

Calflora

Taxon Report 6048

Panicum capillare L.

Old witch grass, Witchgrass

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Panicum capillare, a monocot, is an annual grass that is native to California, is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.


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Family:	POACEAE
Genus:	Panicum

Communities: weed, characteristic of disturbed places, wetland-riparian

Wetlands:
Arid West: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands
Mountains, Valleys and Coast: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Habitat: disturbed

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:

PLANTS:	Panicum barbipulvinatum
PLANTS:	Panicum capillare ssp. barbipulvinatum
PLANTS:	Panicum capillare var. agreste
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More information about Panicum capillare


Nursery / seed vendor availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Landscaping information from Calscape Photos on PlantID.net / Google Images	UC Integrated Pest Management Weed Photo Gallery (profile of this plant as an agricultural weed) Jepson eFlora Records from the Consortium of California Herbaria ITIS Original Publication citation USDA PLANTS Profile (PACA6)	Search the International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) website references from Google

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2019. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: Jan 21, 2019).