Common Millet - Panicum miliaceum
Reaching 120 cm in height with flat leaves to 20 cm wide, their sheaths very hairy. Inflorescence a stout panicle, curved over at the tip.
Bare and disturbed ground, especially frequent at rubbish dumps.
Flowers August and September.
Annual.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain as a casual plant.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland as a casual plant. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 5 of the 617 tetrads.
Graham Calow
Stockhill Farm, near Broughton Astley
09 August 2017
Graham Calow
Stoney Stanton, New Road
15 September 2016
Graham Calow
Sapcote
23 September 2014
Graham Calow
Main Street, Cosby
27 August 2016
Graham Calow
Sapcote
23 September 2014
hairy leaf sheaths
Graham Calow
Broughton Astley B581 Broughton Way
03 September 2021
Graham Calow
Broughton Astley B581 Broughton Way
03 September 2021
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Species profile
- Common names
- Common Millet
- Species group:
- flowering plant
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Poales
- Family:
- Poaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 16
- First record:
- 27/08/2014 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 23/08/2025 (Kingaby, Abigail)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote
23 September 2014
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
27 August 2014
