Digitaria brownii
{{Short description|Species of grass}}
{{Use Australian English|date=November 2023}}
{{Use dmy|date=November 2023}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Digitaria_brownii_plant.jpg
| image_caption =
| genus = Digitaria
| species = brownii
| authority = D.Popenoe (1923)
| synonyms = Panicum brownii
Trichachne brownii
Panicum glareae
Panicum laniflorum
Panicum villosum
}}
Digitaria brownii, also known as cotton grass or cotton panic grass, is a species of perennial grass in the genus of Digitaria.{{Cite web |last=Australia |first=Atlas of Living |title=Species: Digitaria brownii (Cotton Grass) |url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2893111 |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=bie.ala.org.au |language=en-AU}}Hughes, D.K. (1923), The genus Panicum of the Flora Australiensis. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 1923(9)
Description
The maximum height for D. brownii is {{cvt|1.0|m}} with the average height being {{cvt|0.498|m}}. Its flat hairless leaves are {{cvt|300-160|mm}} in length and {{cvt|1-7|mm}} wide, with rough and wavy margins, and a drawn-out straight point. It has {{cvt|2-4|mm}} spikelets, with white, brownish, or purple hairs.{{Cite web |title=Digitaria brownii {{!}} AusGrass2 |url=https://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/digitaria-brownii |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=ausgrass2.myspecies.info}}
Distribution and habitat
Digitaria brownii is indigenous to all states of Australia except for Tasmania. Additionally, it has been introduced to India.{{Cite web |title=Digitaria brownii (Roem. & Schult.) Hughes {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145407-3 |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}} It grows well in sandy and loamy clay soils.{{Cite web |title=Cotton Panic Grass {{!}} WT Landcare Flora Index |url=https://wtlandcare.org/details/digitaria-brownii/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |language=en-AU}}
References
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External links
- [https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/scotia/key/Plants%20and%20Fungi%20of%20south%20western%20NSW/Media/Html/Digitaria_brownii.htm Factsheet - Digitaria brownii]
- [https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/pastures-and-rangelands/species-varieties/cotton-panic-grass Cotten Panic Grass- DPI Australia]
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