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. |