Weed
panicum, blackseeded proso millet, panic millet, proso, wild millet, wild proso millet, broomcorn millet
FloretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.
OvalOval:
Broadly elliptic.
Brown with yellow veins; light brown on center of lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
Shiny and smooth
Hard, ovalOval:
Broadly elliptic. and strongly arched
Hard, ovalOval:
Broadly elliptic., and arched
Scar prominent.
FloretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil. is consistently very dark brown, much darker than found in most Panicum miliaceum ssp. miliaceum.
State Noxious Weed: Colorado, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Not included
For more information, see ISMA fact sheet, Panicum spp.
Poaceae
Panicum miliaceum subsp. ruderale (Kitag.) Tzvelev
