Setaria subg. Ptychophyllum

(A. Braun) Hitchc.
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 543.
Revision as of 16:15, 30 October 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer

Plants usually robust perennials. Blades broad, plicate. Panicles usually loose; bristles solitary, subtending the terminal spikelet of each ultimate branchlet, occasionally present beneath the other spikelets. Spikelets 2.5-5 mm, slender, often acuminate.

Discussion

Setaria subg. Ptychophyllum is primarily an American taxon, but is also found in the Eastern Hemisphere. Three species, all introduced, have been found in the Flora region.

Selected References

None.

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