Weed
cogongrass
SpikeletSpikelet:
One or more florets that are subtended by a pair of bracts called glumes. Spikelets are pedicellate if located on a pedicle and sessile if attached directly to the rachis. Often spikelets with single florets have remnants of a second floret, usually a lemma.
Lanceolate
Light brown
Smooth
Inside glumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
and sterile lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
; thin and transparent.
Inside glumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it. and sterile lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.; thin and transparent.
Many long, silky hairs from the callusCallus:
The hard base of grass florets or spikelets, just above the point of disarticulation.
SpikeletSpikelet:
One or more florets that are subtended by a pair of bracts called glumes. Spikelets are pedicellate if located on a pedicle and sessile if attached directly to the rachis. Often spikelets with single florets have remnants of a second floret, usually a lemma. and floretsFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.
are very hairy. No awnsAwn:
A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses (Poaceae).
. The spikeletsSpikelet:
One or more florets that are subtended by a pair of bracts called glumes. Spikelets are pedicellate if located on a pedicle and sessile if attached directly to the rachis. Often spikelets with single florets have remnants of a second floret, usually a lemma. are in pairs and attached to the rachisRachis:
The central axis of an inflorescence.
by unequal pedicels.
State Noxious Weed: Georgia, Hawaii, Utah
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Not included
Poaceae
Imperata cylindrica (L.) P. Beauv.
Imperata arundinacea Cirillo
Lagurus cylindricus L.
