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|accepted_name=Digitaria pubiflora
|accepted_authority=(Vasey) Wipff
|publications=
|common_names=Western witchgrass
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Paniceae;Digitaria;Digitaria pubiflora
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Paniceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Digitaria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Digitaria pubiflora]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 362
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form">cespitose, with or without rhizomes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="culm some measurement;culm orientation"><b>Culms </b>20-70 cm, erect;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="node pubescence;node pubescence">nodes glabrous or pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf position"><b>Leaves </b>mainly cauline;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="sheath pubescence;hair architecture">sheaths glabrous or sparsely to densely pubescent, sometimes with papillose-based hairs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="ligule some measurement;ligule shape">ligules 0.5-2.2 mm, entire to lacerate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="blade length;blade width;blade pubescence">blades 1.3-7.7 cm long, 1.5-4.7 mm wide, glabrous or sparsely to densely pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="panicle architecture;panicle length;panicle width;panicle architecture"><b>Panicles </b>simple, 4.5-20 cm long, 5.5-31 cm wide, open;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="branch arrangement">branches divergent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="lower primary branch some measurement;branch quantity;branch reproduction">lower primary branches 3.6-17.7 cm, often with 1-several sterile branches near the base;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="pedicel arrangement;spikelet architecture or arrangement or growth form">pedicels divergent, spikelets solitary.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="spikelet length;spikelet width;spikelet arrangement or shape"><b>Spikelets </b>2.3-3.3 mm long, 0.6-1 mm wide, narrowly elliptic.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="lower glume some measurement"><b>Lower </b>glumes 0.1-0.4 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="upper glume some measurement;upper glume architecture;upper glume pubescence;hair coloration;hair coloration or density">upper glumes 1.8-2.9 mm, 3-veined, densely pubescent between the veins, hairs white, becoming purple at maturity;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="lower lemma texture;lower lemma architecture;vein arrangement">lower lemmas similar to the upper glumes in length, texture, and pubescence, 5-veined, veins equidistant;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="upper lemma some measurement;upper lemma pubescence;upper lemma coloration;upper lemma shape">upper lemmas 1.9-2.6 mm, glabrous, dark-brown, narrowly acute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="anther some measurement;anther coloration;anther coloration;anther coloration;anther coloration;anther coloration">anthers 0.3-0.5 mm, yellow, red, or purple.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="caryopsis some measurement;2n chromosome atypical quantity;2n chromosome quantity"><b>Caryopses </b>1.3-1.6 mm. <b>2n</b> = (36), 72.</span><!--

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|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Colo.;Tex.
|discussion=<p>Digitaria pubiflora grows in dry, sandy or rocky soils from Arizona to central Texas and south to central Mexico.</p>
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name=Digitaria pubiflora
|authority=(Vasey) Wipff
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik;Hana Pazdírková
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Colo.;Tex.
|reference=None
|publication title=
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V25/V25_1053.xml
|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Paniceae
|genus=Digitaria
|species=Digitaria pubiflora
|2n chromosome atypical quantity=36
|2n chromosome quantity=72
|anther coloration=purple;red;purple;red;yellow
|anther some measurement=0.3mm;0.5mm
|blade length=1.3cm;7.7cm
|blade pubescence=glabrous or;sparsely densely pubescent
|blade width=1.5mm;4.7mm
|branch arrangement=divergent
|branch quantity=1;several
|branch reproduction=sterile
|caryopsis some measurement=1.3mm;1.6mm
|culm orientation=erect
|culm some measurement=20cm;70cm
|hair architecture=papillose-based
|hair coloration=white
|hair coloration or density=purple
|leaf position=cauline
|ligule shape=entire;lacerate
|ligule some measurement=0.5mm;2.2mm
|lower glume some measurement=0.1mm;0.4mm
|lower lemma architecture=5-veined
|lower lemma texture=pubescence
|lower primary branch some measurement=3.6cm;17.7cm
|node pubescence=pubescent;glabrous
|panicle architecture=open;simple
|panicle length=4.5cm;20cm
|panicle width=5.5cm;31cm
|pedicel arrangement=divergent
|sheath pubescence=glabrous or;sparsely densely pubescent
|spikelet architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|spikelet arrangement or shape=elliptic
|spikelet length=2.3mm;3.3mm
|spikelet width=0.6mm;1mm
|upper glume architecture=3-veined
|upper glume pubescence=pubescent
|upper glume some measurement=1.8mm;2.9mm
|upper lemma coloration=dark-brown
|upper lemma pubescence=glabrous
|upper lemma shape=acute
|upper lemma some measurement=1.9mm;2.6mm
|vein arrangement=equidistant
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=plant;cespitose
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