Wild Proso Millet

Wild Proso Millet, Broomcorn Millet

Panicum miliaceum L.

Poaceae (Grass Family)

▲ ▼ young plants

▲ ▼ mature plants

▲ inflorescence

▲ ▼ leaf sheath, ligule and collar regions

Wild Proso Millet, Broomcorn Millet: (pp. 448-449, Weeds of the Great Plains; pp. 68-69, Weeds of the Northeast)

large, upright-growing annual grass, 2-6’ tall
leaves are broad with long hairs on both sides, and sheaths have long, stiff hairs that stand out from stem; leaves up to 1" wide
inflorescences is a drooping whitish to light green panicle with spikelets at the end of the panicle branches and round little seeds
found in fertile, moist soils; is common in reduced tillage row crops, horticultural crops