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

EllipticElliptic:
Outline of an ellipse; greatest width midway sloping to an equally pointed apex and base.

Size

• Length 1.5–2.5 mm
• Width 0.5–0.8 mm
• Thickness 0.4–0.7 mm

Color

Light brown with purple overtones

Texture

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

Lemma

GlabrousGlabrous:
Lacking hairs or pubescence.
, smooth, purple and finely striate

Palea

GlabrousGlabrous:
Lacking hairs or pubescence.
, smooth, purple, and finely striate

Other structures

The outer glumeGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
is short (about half the lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
length).

Family

Poaceae

Valid name

Digitaria horizontalis Willd.