Red False Beardgrass (Chrysopogon fulvus)
Description
Culms densely tufted, geniculate, to 50 cm. Leaf-blades flat, 2-6 x 0.2-0.4 cm, tuberculate, hairy along margins; ligule to 0.05 cm. Panicles ovate, to 7 cm. Sessile spikelet: lower glume to 0.45 cm, folded, hispid at apex; upper glume to 0.45 cm, densely ciliate on keel, awn to 0.8 cm; lower lemma to 0.35 cm; upper lemma to 0.35 cm, awn to 0.3 cm; callus to 0.2 cm. Pedicelled spikelet: lower glume to 0.4 cm, awn to 0.6 cm; upper glume to 0.35 cm; lower lemma to 0.4 cm; upper lemma to 0.3 cm.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Poales
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Family: Poaceae
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Genus: Chrysopogon
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