Prairie grass

Scientific Name: Bromus unioloides
Scientific Author: Raspail, F.V. (1825)
Taxonomy: (Magnoliophyta: Liliopsida: Cyperales: Poaceae)

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Description

Floret Colour: Straw coloured, Yellow

Floret Length: Greater than 10mm

Floret Sculpture: Carinate without awn, Divided with central groove

Floret Shape: Lanceolate (Lance shaped)

Fertile florets imbricate to tip. Fertile lemma oblong; laterally compressed; 12–20 mm long; 3–7 mm wide; chartaceous; much thinner on margins; keeled; distinctly keeled; 9–13 -veined. Lemma surface scaberulous; rough on veins. Lemma apex lobed; 2 -fid; awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn subapical; 1–9 mm long overall. Palea 0.7–0.7 length of lemma. Palea keels ciliolate. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped. Source: See Web Links KEW Royal Botanic Gardens

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Author: Clare McLellan

Created: 16/01/2012 02:57 AEST

Last Updated: 16/01/2013 11:47 AEST

Citation: Clare McLellan (2012) Prairie grass (Bromus unioloides ) Updated on 1/16/2013 11:47:52 AM Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au.

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