Family: Poaceae
Panicum miliaceum
Citation:
L., Sp. Pl. 58 (1753).
Synonymy: Panicum miliaceum Common name: Common millet, broom (or hog) millet.
Description:
Erect hairy annual, 20-100 cm tall, the stems erect or decumbent at the base; leaf sheaths broad and loose, with hairs seated on the tubercles, the blades to 2 cm broad, usually hairy on both surfaces; ligule a short ciliate membrane.
Panicle usually partly enclosed in the upper leaf bases, 10-30 cm long, rather compact, but usually drooping, with numerous capillary branches; spikelets 4.5-5 mm long, ovate, acuminate; first glume about half the length of the spikelet, 5-nerved, second glume 9-11-nerved, acuminate; first lemma equal to the second glume, enclosing a palea, second (fertile) lemma c. 3 mm long, cartilaginous, yellowish to reddish, smooth and shining.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: NU, EA, NL, SL, SE. W.Aust.; Qld; N.S.W. Native to Europe and Asia.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: Feb. — April.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Uses:
Cultivated for the grain and as fodder.
Author:
Not yet available
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