Revegetation or Rangeland
kleingrass
FloretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.
EllipticElliptic:
Outline of an ellipse; greatest width midway sloping to an equally pointed apex and base.
Olive-brown with yellow nerves, a wide yellow spot on the lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
center
Smooth and shiny
Hard; arched and thickest midway; light-yellow spot on center.
Hard; mostly flat and as wide as the floretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil..
Scar is small and inconspicuous.
Units mostly found as floretsFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.. However, 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.
occur and are composed of small first glumeGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
, a second glumeGlume:
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. of equal length (and pointed), and finally the floretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil..
Not listed
Not included
For more information, see ISMA fact sheet, Panicum spp.
Poaceae
Panicum coloratum L.
