Herb
California melicgrass
FloretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.
Narrowly ellipticElliptic:
Outline of an ellipse; greatest width midway sloping to an equally pointed apex and base.
Light brown
Smooth
Longitudinal ribs; upper margin transparent.
Fine margin teeth
RachillaRachilla:
The axis of a spikelet.
sides are parallel.
CallusCallus:
The hard base of grass florets or spikelets, just above the point of disarticulation.
small. CaryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa).
black.
Not listed
Not included
Poaceae
Melica californica Scribn.
Melica bulbosa Geyer ex Thurb.
Melica longiligula Scribn. & Kearney
