Panicum L.

33 species in Aust. (25 native, 8 naturalized); all states and territories

Spikelet with 1 bisexual floret and a male or sterile lemma below it, disarticulating below the glumes. Glumes unequal; the lower one sometimes minute; the upper one equalling the sterile lemma. Lemmas obtuse, inrolled over the palea; awns usually absent. Inflorescence a simple or compound panicle, usually very wide.