Weed
annual vernalgrass
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
Dark brown
Shiny smooth. Sterile lemmasLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
are silky pubescentPubescent:
Having hairs.
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Shiny, completely surrounding the paleaPalea:
One of the thin bracts of grass floret enclosing the fruit (caryopsis) that is located on the side opposite the embryo.
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Shiny, inside of the lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla..
GeniculateGeniculate:
Bent at a sharp angle.
awn and two sterile lemmasLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
The true floretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.
is subtended by two sterile lemmasLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.. The awnsAwn:
A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses (Poaceae).
are associated with the sterile lemmasLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla., with the awnAwn:
A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses (Poaceae). on the lower sterile lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla. being longer and more geniculateGeniculate:
Bent at a sharp angle.
. Hairs attached below middle of sterile lemmasLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla..
Not listed
Not included
For more information, see ISMA fact sheet.
Poaceae
Anthoxanthum aristatum Bloiss.
Anthoxanthum odoratum L. var. puelii (Lecoq & Lamotte) Coss. & Durieu
Anthoxanthum ovatum Lag. var. aristatum (Boiss.) Pérez Lara
Anthoxanthum puelii Lecoq & Lamotte
