Setaria grandis Stapf

Species

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Characteristics

Panicle 20–30 cm. long, lanceolate, with stiffly spreading or ascending raceme-like primary branches up to 3 cm. long; bristles 10–25 mm. long, copious, rigid and almost pungent.
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Robust caespitose perennial with strongly flabellate basal sheaths.
Inferior glume 1/2, the superior almost as long as spikelet.
Spikelets 3.5–4 mm. long, narrowly ovate.
Superior lemma indistinctly rugulose.
Leaf laminae up to 15 mm. wide.
Culms 2–3 m. high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:421581-1
WFO ID wfo-0000899230
COL ID 4X2DL
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Synonyms

Setaria grandis