Plant Description Cedar Creek Natural History Area 109 Panicum capillare - Poaceae. Leaves and stem are very hairy.
Leaves are long and broad and have dense pubescence on upper and undersides.
Eragrostis spectabilis has a more purplish panicle with more than one spikelet per branch. Panicum praecocious has shorter and broader leaves, and the stem does not have hairs that are as spiky. Panicum oligosanthes has a stem that is only sparsely hairy and leaves that are sparsely hairy at best, usually on the upperside or the margin.