Witchgrass
Prepared by Jennifer L. D’Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. Updated February 2018.
Scientific name: Panicum capillare L.
Common name(s): witchgrass, tickle grass, witch’s hair, tumbleweed grass, witch panicgrass
Links: USDA PLANTS Profile, NPIN Profile, Go Botany
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- early July
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- leaf detail
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- inflorescence, mid-July
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- mid-July
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- inflorescence, late July
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- late July
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- August
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- inflorescence in August
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- late August
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- September
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- November
Description:
– annual
-leaf sheath 4–8 cm long
-Inflorescence 15–40 cm long
– Spikelet: 2-3.5 mm long and 1 mm wide
- lanceolate to elliptic
-three veins
Habitat:
-fields and meadows
-roadsides
-open spaces
Sources:
Robert W. Freckmann & Robert Webster 2012, Panicum capillare, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=36094, accessed on January 21, 2021.