Arundinella parviflora (Arundinella parviflora)
Description
Perennial,tufted with short scaly rhizomes.Culms 0.6–1.2(–2) m tall,2–5 mm in diam.,often branched,internodes glabrous,nodes pubescent.Leaf sheaths glabrous;leaf blades broadly linear,10–25 cm × 4–10 mm,sparingly tuberculate-hispid on both surfaces.Panicle loosely contracted,narrowly oblong in outline,16–32 cm;central axis and branches somewhat scabrid;branches 5–13 cm,fasciculate or whorled,spikelets solitary in upper part;pedicels glabrous.Spikelets 2–2.5 (–2.8) mm,purplish;glumes subequal,glabrous;lower glume 1.9–2.5 mm,5-veined;upper glume as long as spikelet,5-veined;lower floret staminate or bisexual,slightly longer than lower glume,mucronate or shortly awned;upper floret bisexual or often reduced,lemma 1.1–1.8 mm,apex awned;awn 1.3–2.8 mm,weakly geniculate with slightly twisted column;callus hairs ca.1/3 length of lemma.Fl.and fr.Jul–Dec.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Poales
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Family: Poaceae
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Genus: Arundinella
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