Axonopus fissifolius

Species category

Agricultural, Turf

Common name

common carpetgrass

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

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.

Shape

OvateOvate:
Egg-shaped with basal end the broadest.
and base truncate

Size

  • Length: 2 mm
  • Width: 1 mm
  • Thickness: 0.5 mm

Color

Light yellow

Texture

Smooth

Lemma

Enclosed in second glumeGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
and sterile lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.

Palea

Enclosed in second glumeGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
and sterile lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
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Other structures

Marginal nerves with long, fine pubescence

Identification notes

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.
is enclosed between the second glumeGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
and the sterile lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
. These structures have no strong central nerve as do other species of this genera. However, their margins are pubescentPubescent:
Having hairs.
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Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Included

Nomenclature

Family

Poaceae

Valid name

Axonopus fissifolius (Raddi) Kuhlm.

Synonyms

Axonopus affinis Chase

 Axonopus fissifolius.  Marginal nerves with long, fine pubescence.
Axonopus fissifolius. Marginal nerves with long, fine pubescence.