Revegetation or Rangeland
weeping lovegrass
CaryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa).
ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
Yellow-brown endospermEndosperm:
Nutritive tissue originating from union of the two polar nuclei with a sperm nucleus.
; the scutellumScutellum:
A shield-shaped highly modified, single cotyledon in grasses (Poaceae) that absorbs nutrients from the endosperm and provides energy for germination.
of the embryoEmbryo:
A rudimentary plant contained in a seed, usually consisting of a more or less differentiated axis and attached cotyledon(s).
is blue-green.
Smooth
None
None
EmbryoEmbryo:
A rudimentary plant contained in a seed, usually consisting of a more or less differentiated axis and attached cotyledon(s).
is slightly over one-half the length of the caryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa).
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CaryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa).
has a very distinctive color of the embryo scutellumScutellum:
A shield-shaped highly modified, single cotyledon in grasses (Poaceae) that absorbs nutrients from the endosperm and provides energy for germination.
(blue-green).
Not listed
Not included
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Poaceae
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
Eragrostis chloromelas Steud.
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. conferta Stapf
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. curvula
Eragrostis robusta Stent