Broomcorn millet
ಬರಗುचेनाபனிவரகு
Panicum miliaceum L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 99 cm
- wide
- 20 cm
Poaceae
Formerly Leptoloma miliaceum, Panicum asperrimum, Panicum densepilosum, Panicum ruderale, and 1 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Indian Subcontinent to MyanmarKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
- Height
- 99 cmRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Spread
- 20 cmRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: flowers, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Chinese
- 稷, 黍, 黍米
- Simplified Chinese
- 稷, 糜, 黍
- Asturian
- miyu
- Czech
- proso seté
- German
- Echte Hirse
- Finnish
- viljahirssi
- Dutch
- Pluimgierst
- Slovenian
- navadno proso
- Hindi
- चेना
- Tamil
- பனிவரகு
- Telugu
- వరిగెలు
- Kannada
- ಬರಗು
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Plants for a Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Panicum miliaceum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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