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|accepted_name=Diarrhena obovata
|accepted_authority=(Gleason) Brandenburg
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|common_names=Obovate beakgrain
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Pooideae;Poaceae tribe Diarrheneae;Diarrhena;Diarrhena obovata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Pooideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Diarrheneae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Diarrhena]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Diarrhena obovata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 24
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 65
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>48-131 cm, glabrous. <b>Sheaths</b>, collars, and auricles glabrous or pubescent; ligules 0.2-1 mm; blades 24-72 cm long, 6-18 mm wide, abaxial surfaces glabrous or scabridulous, adaxial surfaces similar or pubescent, margins usually scabridulous, rarely smooth. <b>Panicles</b> 5-30 cm, with 4-33 spikelets. <b>Spikelets</b> 7-17 mm, oblong to ovate, with (2)3-5(7) florets. <b>Glumes</b> green to stramineous; lower glumes 1.7-3.7 mm long, 0.3-0.6 mm wide in profile, 1-3-veined; upper glumes 2.2-5.2 mm long, 0.75-1.5 mm wide in profile, (3)5-veined; calluses glabrous; lemmas 3.7-7.5 mm, widest near or above the middle, obovate or elliptic in profile, abruptly tapering, apices sharply cuspidate; paleas glabrous, keeled, apices usually bifid, rarely truncate, sinuses 0.05-0.3(0.5) mm deep; anthers 1.4-2 mm. <b>Caryopses</b> 4.1-6 mm long, 1.8-2.5 mm wide, broadly elliptic to obovate in outline, narrowing abruptly to a bottlenose-shaped beak, usually smooth, occasionally wrinkled, shiny, usually straw-colored, with occasional brown areas basally. <b>2n</b> = 60.</span><!--

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|distribution=Kans.;Nebr.;Okla.;W.Va.;Pa.;Tex.;Md.;Ind.;S.Dak.;Minn.;Ky.;Mich.;Ohio;Wis.;Tenn.;N.Y.;Va.;Ark.;Ill.;Ont.;Iowa;Mo.
|discussion=<p><i>Diarrhena obovata</i> is restricted to the Flora region, growing in rich woodlands from South Dakota to Ontario and New York and south to Texas, Tennessee, and Virginia. It is most common in the prairie states.</p>
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name=Diarrhena obovata
|authority=(Gleason) Brandenburg
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
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|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda Ann Vorobik;Hana Pazdírková
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|distribution=Kans.;Nebr.;Okla.;W.Va.;Pa.;Tex.;Md.;Ind.;S.Dak.;Minn.;Ky.;Mich.;Ohio;Wis.;Tenn.;N.Y.;Va.;Ark.;Ill.;Ont.;Iowa;Mo.
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Diarrheneae
|genus=Diarrhena
|species=Diarrhena obovata
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