Weed
serrated tussock grass, serrated tussock
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.
Brown
CallusCallus:
The hard base of grass florets or spikelets, just above the point of disarticulation.
is copiously pubescentPubescent:
Having hairs.
. LemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
is covered with transverseTransverse:
Set crosswise, crossing or at right angles.
row of tubercles.
LemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla. encloses most of 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 has long geniculateGeniculate:
Bent at a sharp angle.
awn.
Covered by lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
Short pointed callusCallus:
The hard base of grass florets or spikelets, just above the point of disarticulation. present.
FloretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil. is laterally compressed with the lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla. enclosing most of 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.. Lemma wider on one side than the other. Surface is rough with transverseTransverse:
Set crosswise, crossing or at right angles.
rows of tubercles. Long papery glumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
enclose a single floretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil..
State Noxious Weed: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming
Federal
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Included
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Poaceae
Nassella trichotoma (Nees) Hack.
Stipa trichotoma Nees
