Plants : PoaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Milium effusum L.

Wood Millet

Description: A graceful perennial grass, reaching about 4 feet in height, with broad flat leaves and a finely branched panicle bearing small neat egg-shaped spikelets. A rather uncommon plant of shady woods.

All names: Milium effusum L.

Distribution Map from NBN: Milium effusum at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Milium effusum at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Milium effusum. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2663. Accessed on 2026-11-02.