Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees.
Common Name : Chinese sprangletop
Family : Poaceae
HABIT |
AN AQUATIC OR SEMI-AQUATIC
TUFTED ANNUAL OR PERENNIAL GRASS. |
STEMS |
STOUT TO SLENDER, ERECT OR GENICULATE
CULMS UP TO 1.5 M TALL, OFTEN ROOTING AT THE LOWER NODES. |
LEAVES |
LEAF-SHEATH LOOSE,
SUBGLAUCOUS, SMOOTH, UP TO 10 CM LONG; LIGULE A FRINGED, HAIRY MEMBRANE, 1-2
MM LONG; LEAF-BLADE LINEAR, UP TO 50 CM X 1 CM, LONG-ATTENUATE, FLAT OR FOLDED,
SCABRID ABOVE. |
FLOWERS |
INFLORESCENCE 10-60 CM LONG,
COMPOSED OF NUMEROUS SLENDER RACEMES SCATTERED ALONG AN ELONGATE CENTRAL
AXIS; RACEMES FLEXUOUS, 2-13 CM LONG, ERECT OR LAXLY ASCENDING. |
FRUITS |
SPIKELETS 3-7 FLOWERED,
NARROWLY ELLIPTICALOBLONG, 2-3 MM, SUBSESSILE, OFTEN PURPLISH,
DISARTICULATING ABOVE THE GLUMES AND BETWEEN THE FLORETS. |
SEEDS |
CARYOPSIS
ELLIPSOID-OBLONGOID, 6-9 MM LONG, BROWN, SMOOTH OR WRINKLED. |