Weed
African couchgrass, Abyssinian finger grass
FloretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.
EllipticElliptic:
Outline of an ellipse; greatest width midway sloping to an equally pointed apex and base.
Light brown
GlabrousGlabrous:
Lacking hairs or pubescence.
and smooth GlumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
are longitudinally ribbed
GlabrousGlabrous:
Lacking hairs or pubescence.
and smooth
GlabrousGlabrous:
Lacking hairs or pubescence.
and smooth
Sterile lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
and glumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it. are papery and ribbed.
The outer glumeGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it. is small. The unit can be either a floretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil. or spikeletSpikelet:
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.
. These seeds are totally round with only a trace of cells forming a line half the way around the seed. They have been confused with mustard (Brassica spp.) seeds.
Federal
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Not included
For more information, see ISMA fact sheet, Digitaria spp.
Poaceae
Digitaria abyssinica (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Stapf
Digitaria scalarum (Schweinf.) Chiov.
Digitaria vestita Fig. & De Not.
