Digitaria henryi Rendle

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Digitaria

Characteristics

Perennial. Culms tufted, slender, prostrate, often rooting at lower nodes, 20–50 cm tall. Leaf sheaths glabrous; leaf blades narrowly lanceolate, 3–8 × 0.2–0.5 cm, glabrous or sparingly hispid near base, apex acute; ligule 1–2 mm. Inflorescence subdigitate, axis short; racemes 3–9, erect and clustered, never divergent, 4–8 cm; spikelets paired; rachis flat, winged ca. 0.5 mm broad, margins scaberulous. Spikelets lanceolate, 2.2–2.8 mm, acuminate; lower glume ca. 0.2 mm; upper glume lanceolate, 1/2 as long as spikelet, 3-veined, pilose; lower lemma slightly longer than upper lemma, 7-veined with broader intervein spaces flanking the midvein, pilose along lateral intervein spaces and margins; upper lemma yellowish green to gray, apex acute. Fl. and fr. summer–autumn. 2n = 36.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.5
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Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Cataract (unspecified), Debility (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Digitaria henryi world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:398862-1
WFO ID wfo-0000864018
COL ID 363JB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 454116
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Synonyms

Syntherisma henryi Digitaria henryi