Dichanthium annulatum (Forsk.) Stapf.

Common Name : Kleberg’s bluestem
Family : Poaceae

HABIT

 PERENNIAL TUSSOCK, SOMETIMES STOLONIFEROUS.

STEMS

CULMS GENICULATELY ASCENDING; PRONOUNCED ANNULUS OF RADIATING, 3-5 MM LONG WHITE HAIRS ON THE NODES.

LEAVES

LEAF BLADE LINEAR, TO ABOUT 30 CM LONG AND 2-7 MM WIDE, MARGINS SPARSELY PUBESCENT AND SCABERULOUS.

FLOWERS

 INFLORESCENCE A SUB-DIGITATE PANICLE, COMPRISING 2-15 PALE GREEN OR PURPLISH RACEMES, EACH 3-7 CM LONG; GENICULATE, TWISTED AWN 8-25 MM LONG, ARISING FROM THE UPPER LEMMA OF THE SESSILE SPIKELET.

FRUITS

CARYOPSIS OBLONG TO OBOVATE, DORSALLY COMPRESSED, 2 MM LONG.