View source for Pennisetum setaceum

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|accepted_name=Pennisetum setaceum
|accepted_authority=(Forssk.) Chiov.
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|common_names=Tender fountaingrass
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Paspalum debile
|authority=Michx.
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Paniceae;Pennisetum;Pennisetum setaceum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Paniceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pennisetum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Pennisetum setaceum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, or annual in temperate climates; cespitose. <b>Culms</b> 40-150 cm, erect, pubescent beneath the panicle; nodes glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> green, sometimes glaucous; sheaths glabrous, margins ciliate; ligules 0.5-1.1 mm; blades 20-65 cm long, 2-3.5 mm wide, convolute or folded, scabrous, midvein noticeably thickened. <b>Panicles</b> (6)8-32 cm long, 40-52 mm wide, erect or arching, pink to dark burgundy; rachises pubescent. <b>Fascicles</b> 8-10 per cm; fascicle axes 2.3-4.5 mm, with 1-4 spikelets; outer bristles 28-65, 0.9-19 mm; inner bristles 8-16, 8-27 mm, ciliate; primary bristles 26.5-34.3 mm, ciliate, noticeably longer than the other bristles. <b>Spikelets</b> 4.5-7 mm, sessile or pedicellate; pedicels to 0.1 mm; lower glumes absent or to 0.3 mm, veinless; upper glumes 1.2-3.6 mm, (0)1-veined; lower florets usually sterile, sometimes staminate; lower lemmas 4-6 mm, 3-veined, acuminate, midvein excurrent to 0.7 mm; lower paleas usually absent, if present, to 4.4 mm; anthers absent or 2.3-2.4 mm; upper lemmas 4.5-6.7 mm, attenuate, 5-veined, midvein excurrent to 0.7 mm, margins glabrous; anthers 2.1-2.7 mm. <b>2n</b> = 27.</span><!--

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|distribution=Colo.;N.Mex.;La.;Calif.;Tenn.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Ky.;Ariz.;Fla.;Oreg.
|discussion=<p><i>Pennisetum setaceum</i> is a desert grass native to the eastern Mediterranean region. It is a popular ornamental throughout the southern United States, but it is also an invasive weed.</p>
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name=Pennisetum setaceum
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|authority=(Forssk.) Chiov.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Paspalum debile
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|distribution=Colo.;N.Mex.;La.;Calif.;Tenn.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Ky.;Ariz.;Fla.;Oreg.
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Paniceae
|genus=Pennisetum
|species=Pennisetum setaceum
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