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|accepted_name=Pogonarthria squarrosa
|accepted_authority=(Licht.) Pilg.
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|common_names=Herringbone grass;Sekelgras
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Pogonarthria;Pogonarthria squarrosa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pogonarthria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Pogonarthria squarrosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
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|treatment_page=page 106
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; densely cespitose. <b>Culms</b> 27-100(140) cm, stiffly erect, unbranched, glabrous. <b>Sheaths</b> mostly shorter than the internodes, glabrous; ligules 0.5-1 mm, of hairs; blades 4-30 cm long, 2-5.5 mm wide, adaxial surfaces smooth to slightly scabrous. <b>Panicles</b> 20-30 cm, with 50+ branches; rachises more or less scabrous; branches 2-3 cm, arcuate, axes more or less scabrous. <b>Spikelets</b> usually with 4-8 florets. <b>Lower</b> glumes 0.8-1.5 mm, 1-veined; upper glumes about 2.5 mm, 1-3-veined; lemmas about 3 mm, glabrous, mostly smooth, keels scabridulous; paleas about 2 mm, keels scabrous; anthers about 1 mm. <b>Caryopses</b> 1.2-1.3 mm, fusiform, light brown; embryos less than 1/2 as long as the caryopses. <b>2n</b> = 120.</span><!--

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|discussion=<p><i>Pogonarthria squarrosa</i> is native to eastern and southern Africa, where it is said to be common. In the Flora region, <i>P. squarrosa</i> grows spontaneously only in a small area in the foothills of the Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, at an elevation of about 1450 m, where it seems to be competing well with native grasses and <i>Eragrostis lehmanniana</i>, another African introduction. The plants tend to grow in rather dense colonies of a few square meters, scattered through the area. It is a handsome species that turns reddish-brown as it matures, causing it to stand out among its associates.</p>
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name=Pogonarthria squarrosa
|authority=(Licht.) Pilg.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
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|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik;Hana Pazdírková
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae
|genus=Pogonarthria
|species=Pogonarthria squarrosa
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