Agricultural, Revegetation or Rangeland
Rhodes grass
Multiple floretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.
ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
Light to dark brown
Smooth with hairs at the upper margins and central nerve of lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
Hairy on the margins and sometimes on the central nerve; awned.
Mostly obscured by the lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla. and secondary floretsFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil..
One or two additional floretsFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil., the lower one sometimes fertile
The unit is a floretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil. with one or two attached floretsFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.. The lower of the attached floretsFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil. may be fertile but usually both are sterile. The degree of pubescence may vary.
Not listed
Included
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Poaceae
Chloris gayana Kunth
