Agricultural, Revegetation or Rangeland
Canada bluegrass, flat-stem blue grass
FloretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.
EllipticElliptic:
Outline of an ellipse; greatest width midway sloping to an equally pointed apex and base.
Light brown
Smooth; hairs on paleaPalea:
One of the thin bracts of grass floret enclosing the fruit (caryopsis) that is located on the side opposite the embryo.
margins are fine and dense.
Intermediate nerves lacking; apexApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
flared; margins transparent.
Hairs on apicalApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar. portion short, fine and dense; longer and wider below.
RachillaRachilla:
The axis of a spikelet.
is stout with prominent apicalApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar. disk.
These floretsFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil. do not have an intermediate nerve on the lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
. ApicalApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar. half of the lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla. is slightly darker than at the base. PaleaPalea:
One of the thin bracts of grass floret enclosing the fruit (caryopsis) that is located on the side opposite the embryo. margin has fine, short hairs.
Not listed
Included
For more information, see ISMA fact sheet.
Poaceae
Poa compressa L.
