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Panicum repens
L.
POACEAE (GRAMINEAE)
3
Descriptions :
Grass;
sheath
with hairs outside near margin;
ligule
a short membrane with row of hairs on outer side;
blade
long, tapering, with erect hairs on inside leaf surface;
inflorescence
a loose panicle, with progressively smaller racemes arising from larger racemes (reiteratively branched); each spikelet pedicelled; rachises slender;
spikelet
±
fusiform, terete in cross section, approximately 3 (-3½) mm long;
glume 1
(G1) small, membranous, with faint veins?;
glume 2
(G2) approximately the size of the spikelet, with 8? (7?) veins;
lemma 1
(L1) membranous;
palea 1
(P1) membranous; flower staminate;
stamens
3, yellow;
lemma 2
(L2) and
palea 2
(P2) somewhat hardened, shiny; flower bisexual;
lodicules
2;
stamens
3, yellow;
stigmas
2, plumose, purple.
