Weed
Virginia wildrye
FloretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.
Lanceolate
Brown
Mostly glabrousGlabrous:
Lacking hairs or pubescence.
with some scabrousScabrous:
Rough to the touch, covered with minute points of very short, stiff hairs.
hairs at the tips
EllipticElliptic:
Outline of an ellipse; greatest width midway sloping to an equally pointed apex and base.
and tapers to a narrow base; sparsely scabrousScabrous:
Rough to the touch, covered with minute points of very short, stiff hairs.
on top.
Broad, smoothly concave and glabrousGlabrous:
Lacking hairs or pubescence.
AwnsAwn:
A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses (Poaceae).
straight about 10 mm long; rachillaRachilla:
The axis of a spikelet.
is glabrousGlabrous:
Lacking hairs or pubescence.
.
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.
has two large, thick, and bowed glumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
that often stay associated with the basal floretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.. GlumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it. tend to be lateral to the basal floretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.. FloretsFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil. have a characteristic narrow base, giving them a spatulateSpatulate:
Having a narrow base and rounded apex. Pear-shaped.
appearance.
Not listed
Included
Poaceae
Elymus virginicus L.
