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Digitaria parodii (Digitaria parodii)

Description

Annual;mat forming.Culms prostrate;slender;10-20 cm long.Culm-nodes brown;glabrous.Leaf-sheaths pilose.Ligule a ciliolate membrane;0.3 mm long.Leaf-blades linear,or lanceolate;1-3 cm long;2-4 mm wide.Leaf-blade surface glabrous.Leaf-blade margins scabrous.Inflorescence composed of racemes.Racemes 2(-4);paired;unilateral;3-7 cm long.Rhachis broadly winged;with sharp-edged midrib;0.5-0.8 mm wide;smooth on margins.Raceme-bases filiform.Spikelets in pairs.Fertile spikelets pedicelled;2 in the cluster.Pedicels angular;unequal;0.5-3 mm long;smooth;tip widened.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Poales

            • Family: Poaceae

              • Genus: Digitaria