Weed
sweet vernalgrass
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.
Lanceolate
Dark brown
Smooth with brown appressedAppressed:
Pressed close or lying flat against something.
hairs
Smooth and completely surrounding the paleaPalea:
One of the thin bracts of grass floret enclosing the fruit (caryopsis) that is located on the side opposite the embryo.
Enclosed by lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
Two sterile lemmasLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla. with awnsAwn:
A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses (Poaceae).
subtend the true 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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The sterile lemmasLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla. each have awnsAwn:
A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses (Poaceae)., with one awnAwn:
A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses (Poaceae). being much longer and geniculateGeniculate:
Bent at a sharp angle.
than the other. They are also coarsely granularGranular:
Resembling or consisting of small grains or particles.
and copiously pubescentPubescent:
Having hairs.
well above the middle of the lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla..
Not listed
Included
For more information, see ISMA fact sheet.
Poaceae
Anthoxanthum odoratum L.
