Panicum calvum Stapf

Perennial; culms 20–150 cm. long, slender, rambling, rooting at the lower nodes.. Leaf-blades lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 6–12 cm. long, 5–25 mm. wide, cordate at the base, thin, cross-veins usually present, glabrous or hairy, acuminate.. Panicle oblong or pyramidal, (10–)15–20(–30) cm. long, finely and sparsely branched, spreading.. Spikelets narrowly ovate, 2–2.5 mm. long, glabrous; lower glume lanceolate, 1/3–2/3 the length of the spikelet, 1–3-nerved; upper glume (5–)7-nerved, acute; lower lemma similar to the upper glume, sterile, its palea absent; upper lemma pale, shining.