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. |