Difference between revisions of "Enneapogon cenchroides"

(Licht.) C.E. Hubb.
Common names: Softfeather pappusgrass
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 287.
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Latest revision as of 17:59, 11 May 2021

Plants annual. Culms 50-80(100) cm, about 2 mm thick, usually rather robust, erect or somewhat geniculate at the base, often branching; nodes pubescent. Sheaths mostly shorter than the internodes, somewhat loose; blades 6-12(20) cm long, 1-7(10) mm wide, flat, becoming involute, apices attenuate. Panicles 10-20(30) cm long, to 3 cm wide at the base, loosely contracted to somewhat open. Spikelets 3.2-6.8 mm. Lower glumes 2.8-5.1 mm; upper glumes 3.2-6.8 mm, 3-veined; lowest lemmas 1.5-2 mm; awns 2.5-5 mm, usually exceeding the glumes; anthers 1-1.8 mm. 2n = 40.

Discussion

Enneapogon cenchroides has been introduced and is persisting in the Ajo, Santa Catalina, Tucson, and Galiuro mountains of southern Arizona. Outside the Americas, its range extends from Sudan southward to the Cape Provinces of South Africa, through Arabia to India, and on Ascension Island.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.