Weed
torpedo grass, couch panicum, creeping panic, panic rampant, wainaku grass
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.
Light yellow
Smooth
Translucent and hard
Moderately hard
First glumeGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
of spikeletSpikelet:
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.
is truncate and loose.
FloretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil. more narrow, light-colored. First glumeGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it. is truncate and loose-fitting.
State Noxious Weed: Hawaii
Not included
For more information, see ISMA fact sheet, Panicum spp.
Poaceae
Panicum repens L.
Panicum gouinii Fourn.
