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 4 mm 
• Width 1 mm 
• Thickness 1 mm 

Color

Light brown

Texture

Smooth and glabrousGlabrous:
Lacking hairs or pubescence.

Lemma

Widest at the basalBasal:
The base of the fruit or seed opposite the apical end.
half; short awned.

Palea

Moderately deep concave; same length as lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
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Other structures

CaryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa).
brown. RachillaRachilla:
The axis of a spikelet.
compressed to 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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Family

Poaceae

Valid name

Festuca rubra L. subsp. fallax (Thuill.) Nyman

Synonyms

Festuca nigrescens Lam.
Festuca rubra L. ssp. commutata Gaudin 
Festuca rubra L. var. commutata Gaudin
Festuca rubra L. ssp. falax (Thuill.) Nyman, database artifact