Setaria verticillata
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| Family: | Poaceae |
| Full name: | Setaria verticillata (L.) P.Beauv. |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Klitsgras, Klitssetaria |
| English common name(s): | Whorled pigeon grass, Bur-bristle grass, Rough bristle grass |
| Synonym(s): | Setaria aparine (Steud.) Chiov. Panicum verticillatum L. (1762) Panicum aparine Steud. (1853) Setaria adhaerens subsp. verticillata (L.) Belo-Corr. (1989) Setaria verticillata subsp. aparine (Steud.) Asch. (1887) Setaria verticillata (L.) P.Beauv. subsp. verticillata Setaria verticillata var. aparine (Steud.) Asch. & Graebn. Panicum adhaerens Forssk. (1775) Setaria adhaerens (Forssk.) Chiov. (1940) Pennisetum respiciens A.Rich. Panicum respiciens (A.Rich.) Hochst. ex Steud. (1853) Setaria adhaerens var. antrorsa (A.Braun) H.Scholz (1974) Setaria adhaerens var. fontqueri Calduch (1968) Setaria verticillata var. pubescens Maire & Weiller |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Annual up to 100 cm high; leaves broadly linear. Panicle contracted, spike-like, linear to untidily lobed, 2–15 cm long, often entangled, the rhachis hispidulous; bristles 3–8 mm long, retrorsely barbed, tenaciously clinging to clothing or fur. Spikelets ellipsoid, 1.5–2.5 mm long; lower glume 1/3–1/2 the length of the spikelet; upper glume as long as the spikelet; lower floret barren; upper lemma finely rugose. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora Somalia) Loosely tufted annual; culms 10–100 cm high or more, geniculately ascending. Leaf-blades broadly linear, 5–30 cm long, 4–16 mm wide, flaccid, glabrous to loosely pilose; sheaths glabrous to pubescent. Panicle spiciform, linear to untidily lobed, 2–15 cm long, often entangled, the rhachis hispidulous; bristles 3–8 mm long, retrorsely barbed, tenaciously clinging. Spikelets ellipsoid, 1.5–2.5 mm long; lower glume 1/3–1/2, the upper as long as the spikelet; lower floret sterile, the palea minute; upper lemma finely rugose. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora of Tropical East Africa) Loosely tufted annual. Culms 50–100 cm high or more, geniculately ascending. Panicle 2–15 cm long, spiciform, linear to untidily lobed, often entangled, the rhachis hispidulous; bristles 3–8 mm long, retrorsely barbed, tenaciously clinging. Spikelets 1.5–2.5 mm long, elliptic. Superior glume as long as spikelet. Inferior floret sterile, the palea minute. Superior lemma finely rugose. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora Zambesiaca) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
