EPPO Global Database

Panicum virgatum(PANVI)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-03-01

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: PANVI
  • Preferred name: Panicum virgatum
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

WSSA list of weeds in North America

North America, one of the principal species of the original great prairies. Now cultivated for biofuel

Genome sequenced in 2012


Common names
Name Language
switchgrass English (US)
rutenförmige Hirse German
millet vivace French
panic érigé French
cortadero Spanish
panico vergato Italian
proso rózgowate Polish