Common Millet

Panicum miliaceum

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Plant Data

Flowering Months:

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Order:

Poales

Family:

Poaceae (Grass)

Also in this family:

Annual Meadow-grass, Arrow Bamboo, Bermuda Grass, Blue Moor-grass, Bread Wheat, California Brome Grass, Canary Grass, Cocksfoot, Common Cord-grass, Common Reed, Corn, Couch Grass, Creeping Soft-grass, Crested Dog's-tail, False Oat-grass, Greater Quaking Grass, Hairy Brome Grass, Italian Rye Grass, Knotroot Bristlegrass, Lyme Grass, Marram Grass, Marsh Foxtail, Mat Grass, Meadow Foxtail, Mountain Melick, Pampas Grass, Perennial Rye Grass, Quaking Grass, Reed Canary Grass, Reed Sweet-grass, Rough Meadow-grass, Six-rowed Barley, Small Sweet-grass, Smooth Meadow-grass, Soft Brome Grass, Sweet Vernal Grass, Timothy Grass, Two-rowed Barley, Wall Barley, Wild Oat, Wood Melick, Yorkshire Fog

Type:

Flower

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Maximum Size:

120 centimetres tall

Habitats:

Wasteland.

Flower:

Green, no petals

Long and narrow drooping panicle, greenish-brown, up to 30cm. Hairless but feels rough to touch.

Fruit:

A dense, nodding panicle on one side of the stem. The seeds are variable in colour from white, yellow, orange and brown to black.

Leaves:

Smooth, linear and slightly hairy leaves.

Other Names:

Broom Millet, Broomcorn Millet, Broomtail Millet, Brown Millet, Chinese Millet, French Millet, Hog Millet, Indian Millet, Kashfi Millet, Little Millet, Panic Millet, Proso Millet, Red Millet, White Millet.

Frequency (UK):

Unusual

Distribution Map

Reproduced by kind permission of the BSBI.

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