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Panicum miliaceum L.
proso millet

   
Symbol: PAMI2
Group: Monocot
Family: Poaceae
Duration: Annual
Growth Habit: Graminoid
Native Status:  
L48    I
HI    I
PR    I
VI    I
CAN    I



   
Other common names:
  broomcorn millet
Photograph of Panicum miliaceum L.
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Russian Federation, Siberia.
 
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Distribution by State:
Panicum miliaceum L.

Distributional Map for Panicum miliaceum L.
Distribution Map Legend

Panicum miliaceum L. distribution:
USA (AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY), USA+ (PR, VI), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, HI, IA, ID, IL, KS, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY

 

Related Taxa:
Panicum miliaceum L.

341 genera in Poaceae, 70 species in Panicum
Distribution of Panicum miliaceum L. ssp. miliaceum. .
Panicum miliaceum ssp. miliaceum
broomcorn millet
Distribution of Panicum miliaceum L. ssp. ruderale (Kitagawa) Tzvelev. .
Panicum miliaceum ssp. ruderale
broomcorn millet
Related Taxa Legend
 

Classification:
Panicum miliaceum L.

     
Kingdom   Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision   Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division   Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class   Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass   Commelinidae
Order   Cyperales
Family   Poaceae – Grass family
Genus   Panicum L. – panicgrass
Species   Panicum miliaceum L. – proso millet
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Panicum miliaceum L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists.

Colorado:
wild proso millet C list (noxious weeds)
Oregon:
wild proso millet "B" designated weed
wild proso millet Quarantine
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Panicum miliaceum L.

blackseeded proso millet
broomcorn millet
panic millet
proso
wild millet
wild proso millet

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.

STATE Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
N'EAST Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York.
NE&GP Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.
SWSS Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.
 

Introduced Information:
Panicum miliaceum L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts.
 

 

 
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