Ptilagrostis Griseb.

False needlegrass (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae

Characteristics

Perennials, densely tufted. Culms slender, erect. Leaf blades setaceous. Inflorescence an open or loosely contracted panicle. Spikelets with 1 floret, bisexual, disarticulating above glumes; rachilla extension absent; glumes lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, subequal, a little longer than floret, herbaceous to scarious, 1–3-veined, apex obtuse to acuminate; callus short, obtuse, shortly bearded; lemma lanceolate, terete, papery, 3–5-veined, pubescent or pilose, margins not overlapping, apex minutely or distinctly 2-toothed, awned from between teeth; awn persistent, plumose throughout, 1(or 2)-geniculate, column twisted; palea midline exposed between lemma margins. Lodicules 3. Stamens 3, anthers glabrous or apex with hair tufts. Stigmas 2.
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-11

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