Panicum miliaceum subsp. miliaceum

Broom corn millet, Broom Corn Millet

Family: Poaceae · Type: annual · Not Native

Broom corn millet is a naturalized annual grass found in the California Floristic Province in disturbed areas, fields, and roadsides at elevations below 1,000 meters. Flowering from February to November, this plant produces green to brown spikelets in dense, velvety panicles 10 to 40 centimeters long. Growing with erect stems 1 to 10 decimeters tall, it develops rough-hairy leaf sheaths and broad blades 10 to 20 centimeters long. Its leaves have distinctive velvety upper surfaces and ciliate ligules, with blades 6 to 25 millimeters wide. The spikelets are elliptic, measuring 4.5 to 5.5 millimeters long with lower glumes that are 5 to 7-veined and acute.

Habitat: Disturbed areas, fields, roadsides

Bloom period: Feb-Nov

Elevation: < 1000 m

Bioregions: CA-FP (exc KR, CaR, Teh, ChI), D

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