Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Panicum proliferum Lam., Panicum proliferum var. geniculatum

Common names:

Fall panic grass [Fall panicgrass] (Present) (50)

Fall panicum (1937-1977) (3, 122, 155)

Knee grass [Knee-grass] (1897, KS) (145)

Prolific panic grass (1903) (66)

Spreading panicum (1907, IA) (72)

Spreading witch grass [Spreading witch-grass] (1852-1938) (5, 119, 163)

Sprouting crabgrass [Sprouting crab grass, Sprouting crab-grass] (1884-1938) (5, 56, 80, 87, 88, 94, 119)