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Key to Dactyloctenium

Poaceae

Dactyloctenium

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1 Panicle branches (1-) 2 (-3); [rare waif, historically on ore piles]
1 Panicle branches (1-) 3-6 (-8), at least well-developed inflorescences with > 3 branches; [collectively common in portions of our region].
  2 Panicle branches 0.4-1.2 (-1.5) cm long, the spikelets of each mostly in contact with the spikelets of adjacent branches; [rare waif, historically at wool-combing mills]
  2 Panicle branches 1.5-6 cm long, well-separated from each other at their tips; [collectively common in portions of our region].
    3 Caryopses papillose (many of the papillae in transverse lines, but not confluent into ridges)