Weed
panicgrass, ticklegrass, tumble panic, tumbleweed grass, witches hair, witchgrass, annual witchgrass, common panic grass, common witchgrass
FloretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.
EllipticElliptic:
Outline of an ellipse; greatest width midway sloping to an equally pointed apex and base.
Olive-brown floretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil. with light yellowish nerves
Shiny and smooth
Slightly arched and thickest midway
Mostly flat but the full width of the floretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.
Scar is small and inconspicuous.
Units usually appear as floretsFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.. However, 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.
occur and are composed of a papery first and second glumeGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
, a papery sterile lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
, and then floretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.. Second glumeGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it. and sterile lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla. are pointed.
Not listed
Included
For more information, see ISMA fact sheet.
Poaceae
Panicum capillare L.
Panicum barbipulvinatum Nash
Panicum capillare L. var. agreste Gattinger
Panicum capillare L. ssp. barbipulvinatum (Nash) Tzvelev
Panicum capillare L. var. brevifolium Vasey ex Rydb. & Shear
Panicum capillare L. var. barbipulvinatum (Nash) R.L. McGregor
Panicum capillare L. var. occidentale Rydb.
