Piptatherum miliaceum (L.) Coss. (Ορύζοψη)

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Piptatherum miliaceum (L.) Coss. x Oryzopsis miliacea

Densely caespitose perennial forming large, firm tussocks 50–120 cm tall. Leaf blade flat or folded, 1–4 mm wide, rather firm, ribbed on both sides, greyish-green. Ligule short (c. 1 mm), truncate. Panicle large and lax; lower branches several at each node, in whorls. Glumes 3–4 mm, enclosing floret, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, greenish or tinged brownish-purple. Lemma with a terminal awn 3–5 mm, distinctly exceeding glumes. Anthers c. 1.5 mm. Grain c. 2 mm.

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Piptatherum miliaceum

Piptatherum miliaceum

Piptatherum miliaceum

Piptatherum miliaceum