WILD PROSO MILLET (Panicum miliaceum L.)   GROWTH HABIT: Annual, up to 6' tall (top height of crop). Reproduces by seed only. LEAVES: Up to 3/4" wide, smooth to somewhat hairy on both surfaces. Leaf sheaths have long spreading hairs. STEMS: Erect, branching, hairy. FLOWERS: A panicle 6" to 12" wide often not fully extended from leaf sheath. Spikelets composed of the seed and surrounding glumes. ROOTS: Fibrous. SEEDS: Smooth, oval, olive brown to black, appears to be striped, about 1/8" long. OTHER: Seeds germinate throughout the growing season. A problem in many spring seeded row crops and alfalfa.

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