Agricultural
blackseeded proso millet, panic millet, proso, wild millet, wild proso millet, panicum, broomcorn millet, broomcorn panic
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.
Various: yellow, red, gray with yellow veins.
Shiny and smooth
Hard; ovalOval:
Broadly elliptic.; strongly arched.
Hard, ovalOval:
Broadly elliptic., strongly arched
Scar is prominent.
SpikeletsSpikelet:
One or more florets that are subtended by a pair of bracts called glumes. Spikelets are pedicellate if located on a pedicle and sessile if attached directly to the rachis. Often spikelets with single florets have remnants of a second floret, usually a lemma.
are seldom found in commercial seed lots but have the same composition as most Panicum spp. There are many color variations among different varieties of this species.
Not listed
Included
For more information, see ISMA fact sheet, Panicum spp.
Poaceae
Panicum miliaceum subsp. miliaceum L.
