PLANTS Profile for Pennisetum glaucum (pearl millet)

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Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.
pearl millet

Symbol:

PEGL2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
PR		I

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Pennisetum typhoides

Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. South Africa. Usage Requirements.

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Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.

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Synonyms:
Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.

	PAAM4	Panicum americanum L.
	PEAM4	Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke
	PETY	Pennisetum typhoides auct. non (Burm.) Stapf & C.E. Hubbard

Distribution:
Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 21 species in Pennisetum

Classification:
Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Pennisetum Rich. ex Pers. – fountaingrass
Species	Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. – pearl millet

Introduced Information:
Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wildlife Habitat Values:

Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Yarrow							Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Yarrow, G.K., and D.T. Yarrow. 1999. Managing wildlife. Sweet Water Press, Birmingham.

More Accounts and Images:
Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 565385.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.

Cover crops database at the UC Davis Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP)

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