Dichanthelium scoparium is a species of grass known by the common names velvet panicum, velvety panicgrass, and broom panicgrass. It is native to North America, where it occurs in the southeastern United States. It also occurs in the West Indies.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Velvet Panicum being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Dichanthelium ravenelii
- Dichanthelium scribnerianum
- Dichanthelium malacophyllum
- Dichanthelium lanuginosum
- Dichanthelium implicatum
- Dichanthelium scabriusculum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Dichanthelium
- Species
- Dichanthelium scoparium
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