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

Lanceolate

Size

• Length: 1.5 mm
• Width: 0.5 mm
• Thickness: 0.5 mm

Color

Yellowish-brown floretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.
and 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.
. Brown caryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa).
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Texture

Smooth

Lemma

Dull, whitish, and transparent surrounding 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.
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Palea

Reduced to minute transparent scales

Other structures

GeniculateGeniculate:
Bent at a sharp angle.
and twisted awnAwn:
A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses (Poaceae).
from middle of lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.

Family

Poaceae

Valid name

Agrostis canina L.

Synonyms

Agrostis canina L. var. varians (Thuill.) Ducomm.