Pennisetum ciliare

Species category

Revegetation or Rangeland

Common name

buffelgrass

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

FascicleFascicle:
Much the same as a burr except the spikelet glumes are soft, e.g. buffelgrass.

Shape

Globose

Size

  • Length 4 mm
  • Width 4 mm
  • Thickness 4 mm

Color

Yellow

Texture

Cluster of soft hairs

Lemma

Not visible.

Palea

Not visible.

Other structures

Numerous soft and hairlike glumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.

Identification notes

A fascicleFascicle:
Much the same as a burr except the spikelet glumes are soft, e.g. buffelgrass.
is a dense bundle or cluster of soft spikeletsSpikelet:
One or more florets that are subtended by a pair of bracts called glumes. Spikelets are pedicellate if located on a pedicle and sessile if attached directly to the rachis. Often spikelets with single florets have remnants of a second floret, usually a lemma.
. Each fascicleFascicle:
Much the same as a burr except the spikelet glumes are soft, e.g. buffelgrass.
can contain many spikeletsSpikelet:
One or more florets that are subtended by a pair of bracts called glumes. Spikelets are pedicellate if located on a pedicle and sessile if attached directly to the rachis. Often spikelets with single florets have remnants of a second floret, usually a lemma.
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Comments

Seed of this species is considered noxious only as a contaminant. Check individual states for interpretations.

Noxious weed seed categories

State Noxious Weed: Arizona

AOSA examination list

Included

Nomenclature

Family

Poaceae

Valid name

Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link

Synonyms

Cenchrus ciliaris L.
Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link var. ciliare

 Pennisetum ciliare.  Fascicles that contain many spikelets.
Pennisetum ciliare. Fascicles that contain many spikelets.