Axonopus compressus (Sw.) Beauv.
Common Name : Blanket grass
Family : Poaceae

HABIT |
A CREEPING, STOLONIFEROUS, PERENNIAL GRASS. |
STEMS |
CULMS ERECT, 15 TO 16 CM HIGH, SOLID, LATERALLY COMPRESSED, THE STOLONS STRONGLY BRANCHED, ROOTING AT EACH NODE. |
LEAVES |
LEAF SHEATHS STRONGLY COMPRESSED, FINELY HAIRY ALONG THE OUTER
MARGIN, OTHERWISE SMOOTH, THE NODES DENSELY |
FLOWERS |
INFLORESCENCE WITH SLENDER PEDUNCLES, TWO TO FOUR, SELDOM EIGHT, DEVELOPING SUCCESSIVELY, THE SECONDARY AND SUCCEEDING INFLORESCENCES REMAINING HIDDEN INSIDE THE SHEATH BUT ULTIMATELY PROJECTING BEYOND THE SHEATH. PEDUNCLE SMOOTH, BEARING AT ITS APEX TWO SLENDER, ONESIDED SPIKES, USUALLY 5 TO 8 CM LONG, OFTEN WITH A THIRD BELOW THEM, RARELY A FOURTH. |
FRUITS |
SPIKELETS OBLONG, RATHER ACUTE, 2 TO 2.5 MM LONG, 1 TO 1.25 MM WIDE, PALE GREEN OR TINGED WITH PURPLE, SOLITARY ON ALTERNATE SIDES OF RACHIS AND FORMING TWO ROWS, CILIATE ON THE MARGINS. |
GRAINS |
CARYOPSIS YELLOWISH BROWN, ABOUT 1.25 MM LONG. |