Planting unit

FloretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.

Shape

Lanceolate

Size

• Length 1.7–2.6 mm
• Width 0.6–1 mm
• Thickness 0.5–0.8 mm

Color

Light brown floretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.
and light brown glumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.

Texture

FloretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.
is glabrousGlabrous:
Lacking hairs or pubescence.
and finely striate. GlumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
are ribbed and pubescentPubescent:
Having hairs.
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Lemma

GlabrousGlabrous:
Lacking hairs or pubescence.
and striate

Palea

GlabrousGlabrous:
Lacking hairs or pubescence.
and striate

Other structures

GlumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
are papery, and the outer glumeGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
is two-thirds the length of the floretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.
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Family

Poaceae

Valid name

Digitaria velutina (Forssk.) P. Beauv.

Synonyms

Phalaris velutina Forssk.