Texas panicum

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Texas panicum

Urochloa texana

Weed Characteristics

Other Names: Texas signalgrass, Texas millet, buffalograss, bullgrass, Coloradograss

Leaf Type: Grassy

Flowers: Green, yellow, brown

Leaves: Long, green, up to 2 cm wide and covered with short hairs

Life Cycle: Summer annual

Leaf blades are wide and covered with short, soft hairs on both surfaces. The seedhead is a long, narrow spike with large seeds. Habit can be low and spreading or erect, up to 30 inches tall. One plant can produce more than 23,000 seeds and seeds can germinate from a depth of 3” in soil. Native of TX. OK, NM, and AZ south to TX and Mexico.