Digitaria hubbardii Henrard APNI* 
Description: Caespitose perennial to c. 40 cm high, densely villous and somewhat swollen at the base.
Leaves with sheath scabrous to pubescent, sometimes auriculate; ligule c. 1 mm long; blade 1–2 mm wide.
Panicle 3–5-branched, racemes solitary and rather distant, bearing the spikelets in pairs from the base, shorter pedicel < 1 mm long, the other to 5 mm long. Spikelets 3–3.25 mm long. Lower glume c. 0.5 mm long; upper almost equal the spikelet, 3-nerved, with hairs 1–1.5 mm long loosely appressed or ultimately spreading. Sterile lemma equal the spikelet, 5–7-nerved, with hairs 1–1.5 mm long that are loosely appressed or ultimately spreading, and with 2 dense transverse tufts of similar hairs a little below the middle on either side of the midnerve, the nerves prominent. Fertile floret 2–2.5 mm long.
Flowering: summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in woodland on poorer soils.
NSW subdivisions: SWS, NWP
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs & C. A. Wall
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
|
