FTA 9: 451 (1919).- Type: Schweinfurth 2380, Sudan, Djuir (syn- E).
Panicum xanthotrichum Hackel, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 51: 333 (1901);
Digitaria schweinfurthii Hack., Oesterr. Bot. J. 51: 366 (1901).- Type: Schweinfurth 2303, Sudan, Djur (iso- K,W);
Digitaria alba Mez, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 192 (1921).- Type: Chevalier 5602, CAR, Chari (iso- BR,K).
Regional litterature: Fl. Ethiopia & Eritrea 7: 253, fig (1995); Pl. Sudan & S Sudan: 126 (2015)
Description:
* Annual of 0.6-1 m high. Culms slender, erect or geniculately ascending, 3-4-noded; internodes unequal, the upper longer, distally glabrous. Leaves 2.5-5 cm long and 3-5 mm wide, smooth, glabrous, margins cartilaginous, scaberulous, attenuate; ligule a brown ciliolate brown membrane; sheath tight, mostly shorter than adjacent internode, glabrous or with tubercle-based hairs.
* Inflorescence 2-4 digitate racemes. Racemes unilateral, 7-18 mm long,; rhachis angular, wingless, 0.4-0.5 mm wide, scabrous and pubescent on the margins. Spikelets in clusters of 2-4 together at each node on filiform pedicels of 0.5-3 mm long, ciliate.
* Spikelets elliptic, 2.5 mm long and 0.8 mm wide. Lower glume obscure or absent; upper glume slightly shorter than spikelet, membranous, narrower than lemma, 3-veined, hairy between the veins, acute. Lower lemma
Distribution West Africa: CAR, South Sudan.
Distribution worldwide: DRC.