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Panicum capillare
Also called Witch grass, Common Panic Grass, Old-Witch Grass, Witchgrass Panic, Common Panicgrass, Common Witchgrass
Witchgrass is a hairy annual grass native to most of North America, usually found as a weed in gardens, fields and disturbed ground rather than grown on purpose. It is easy to grow from seed in full sun and tolerates a wide range of soils.
Panicum capillare, known by the common name witchgrass, is a species of grass. It is a native plant to most of North America from the East Coast through all of the West Coast and California. It can be found as an introduced species in Eurasia, and as a weed in gardens and landscaped areas. It grows in many types of habitat.
Fall panicgrass · Mexican panicgrass · Megathyrsus maximus · Proso millet · Little millet · Switchgrass · Panicgrass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Panicum capillare by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
