Planting unit

FloretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.

Shape

Narrowly ellipticElliptic:
Outline of an ellipse; greatest width midway sloping to an equally pointed apex and base.

Size

• Length 8.5–11 mm
• Width 1.8–2 mm
• Thickness 0.7–0.8 mm

Color

Brown

Texture

Smooth

Lemma

LemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
has a lateral hump near the callusCallus:
The hard base of grass florets or spikelets, just above the point of disarticulation.
, and a central nerve that extends to the awnAwn:
A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses (Poaceae).
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Palea

Surface is smooth. Margins are finely toothed.

Other structures

RachillaRachilla:
The axis of a spikelet.
has a V-shaped sinus.

Family

Poaceae

Valid name

Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey