Turf
common velvetgrass, velvetgrass, Yorkshire fog
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.
OvateOvate:
Egg-shaped with basal end the broadest.
Light brown
GlumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
glandular with long hairs on keel nerves
Under glumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it. shiny; laterally compressed and humped.
Under glumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it. shiny; laterally compressed and straight.
First glumeGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it. narrow, second glumeGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it. wide with strong nerves on sides
The main structure is the 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. with glumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it. that are papery and glandularGlandular:
The surface appearing to be covered with minute glands or spheres.
, with hairs on the keel nerves. 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. contains two florets: the first is fertile and the second is only staminate.
State Noxious Weed: Delaware, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
Included
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Poaceae
Holcus lanatus L.
Nothoholcus lanatus (L.) Nash
