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Panizo cauchin
Plants

Mexican Witchgrass

Panicum hirticaule

Authorship: Presl

Sources

[McGoldrick 28]

Taxonomic Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumMAGNOLIOPHYTA (Flowering Plants)
ClassLILIOPSIDA (Monocots)
FamilyPOACEAE (Grass Family)
GenusPanicum
Specieshirticaule

Recent Observations

Sourced from iNaturalist

Panizo cauchin (opens in new tab)
Panizo cauchin
sulavanderplankOct 25, 2026La Paz, B.C.S., MX
Panicum hirticaule (opens in new tab)
Panicum hirticaule
jrebmanOct 25, 2026La Paz, MX-BS, MX
Panicum hirticaule hirticaule (opens in new tab)
Panicum hirticaule hirticaule
abrahamsanchezOct 25, 202623247 B.C.S., México
Mexican panicgrass (opens in new tab)
Mexican panicgrass
ale_mtzbOct 9, 2026Las Cruces, NM, US
Mexican panicgrass (opens in new tab)
Mexican panicgrass
blazeclawAug 9, 2021Santa Cruz County, AZ, USA
Mexican panicgrass (opens in new tab)
Mexican panicgrass
joeblackSep 22, 2026Flux Canyon Road, Patagonia, AZ, US
Mexican Panicgrass (opens in new tab)
Mexican Panicgrass
cabincreek27Sep 21, 2026Superior, AZ, USA
Mexican panicgrass (opens in new tab)
Mexican panicgrass
anthony94652Sep 19, 2026Benson, AZ 85602, USA
Mexican panicgrass (opens in new tab)
Mexican panicgrass
bacchusrockSep 18, 2026Yavapai County, AZ, USA
Panicum hirticaule (opens in new tab)
Panicum hirticaule
sheriff_woody_pctFeb 14, 2026Pima County, AZ, USA

Conservation assessments from the following sources:

  • NatureServe Explorer
  • IUCN Red List
  • Texas Parks & Wildlife — Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN)
Conservation status by source
IUCN Red ListNot assessed
NatureServe Global (opens in new tab)
G5Secure
NatureServe (Texas) (opens in new tab)
S1Critically Imperiled
Texas SGCNNot assessed