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Old witch grass

noun

North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land. Synonyms: old witchgrass, Panicum capillare, tumble grass, witch grass, witchgrass.

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"Old witch grass" Quotes from Famous Books

... with yellow flowers, which has been naturalized from Europe, has developed recently on strong clay land into a tumbleweed six inches in diameter. The tops of old witch grass, Panicum capillare, and hair grass, Agrostis hyemalis, become very brittle when ripe, and snap from the parent stem and tumble about singly or in masses, scattering seeds by the millions. I have seen piles of these thin tops ...

— Seed Dispersal • William J. Beal