Setaria acromelaena(Hochst.) T.Durand & Schinz [family GRAMINEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Setaria abyssinicaHack. [family GRAMINEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
Setaria abyssinica
Setaria acromelaena
Flora
Entry for SETARIA acromelaena (Hochst.) T. Durand & Schinz [family POACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
SETARIA acromelaena(Hochst.) T. Durand & Schinz [family POACEAE], (1895).
Information
Annual up to 150 cm high, pubescent at the nodes; leaves broadly linear. Panicle contracted, spike-like, cylindrical, 1–20 cm long, the bristles pallid, often with purple tips, the rhachis pubescent to sparsely hirsute; bristles 3–10 mm long. Spikelets broadly elliptic, strongly gibbous, 2–3 mm long; lower glume 1/2 the length of the spikelet; upper glume 2/3 as long to as long as the spikelet, 7-nerved; lower floret male or barren; upper lemma punctate to finely rugose.
