View source for Pennisetum setigerum

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|accepted_name=Pennisetum setigerum
|accepted_authority=(Vahl) Wipff
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|common_names=Birdwood grass
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cenchrus setigerus
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|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Paniceae;Pennisetum;Pennisetum setigerum
|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 setigerum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 525
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; cespitose from a hard, knotty base, without rhizomes. <b>Culms</b> 5-100 cm, erect, sometimes branching, mostly glabrous but sometimes scabrous beneath the panicle; nodes glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> green; sheaths glabrous or pubescent, margins ciliate; ligules 0.6-1.2 mm, membranous, ciliate; blades 2-45 cm long, 2.5-7 mm wide, flat, glabrous or pubescent, margins ciliate or glabrous basally. <b>Panicles</b> 2-13.8 cm long, 4-11 mm wide, erect, green or dark purple; rachises terete, scabrous. <b>Fascicles</b> 11-24 per cm, disarticulating at maturity; fascicle axes 0.2-1.1 mm, with 1-12 spikelets; outer bristles 10-62, 0.1-1.8 mm, not exceeding the spikelets; inner bristles 6-32, 1.2-5 mm, ciliate, fused for 1/3 – 1/2 their length; flattened, grooved; primary bristles 2.9-6.5 mm, ciliate, not noticeably longer than the other bristles. <b>Spikelets</b> 3.1-5.3 mm, sessile, glabrous; lower glumes 1-2.5 mm, 0-1-veined; upper glumes 1.5-3.4 mm, (0)1-3-veined, about 1/2 as long as the spikelet; lower florets staminate or sterile; upper florets not disarticulating at maturity; lower lemmas 2.7-5.3 mm, 3-7-veined; lower paleas absent or 2.5-4.5 mm; anthers absent or 0.9-3 mm; upper lemmas 2.8-5 mm, 3-5-veined; anthers 3, 2-3.2 mm. <b>Caryopses</b> 1.2-1.8 mm long, 0.4-1 mm wide. <b>2n</b> = 34, 36, 37, 54, 72.</span><!--

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|discussion=<p><i>Pennisetum setigerum</i> is grown as a forage grass in the southern United States, but is not known to be established in the Flora region. It is native to Africa, Arabia, and India. It is sometimes included in <i>Cenchrus</i>, based solely on the fusion of its bristles.</p>
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name=Pennisetum setigerum
|authority=(Vahl) Wipff
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Cenchrus setigerus
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Paniceae
|genus=Pennisetum
|species=Pennisetum setigerum
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