The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California

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Names are linked to treatments from the Manual


Key to PENNISETUM

N.B.: couplets are linked, e.g., 1. is linked to 1'.

  1. Plants with evident stolons; inflorescence raceme-like, ± enclosed by sheath; spikelets few
P. clandestinum
  1' Plants cespitose, stems erect, stolons generally 0; inflorescence panicle-like, dense, cylindric, exserted from sheath; spikelets many
 
    2. Main inflorescence axis short-hairy; spikelets < 7 mm
P. setaceum
    2' Main inflorescence axis smooth or scabrous; spikelets > 7 mm
P. villosum


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