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Cup Grass (Eriochloa crebra)

Description

Perennial. Culms erect, 35-100 cm tall, 2-5 -noded. Mid-culm nodes glabrous. Lateral branches simple or sparsely branched. Ligule a fringe of hairs, 0.6-1 mm long. Leaf-blades 4-25 cm long, 2-7 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface smooth, indumented.Inflorescence compound, a panicle of racemes. Racemes 5-25, 1.5-5 cm long. Central inflorescence axis 9-25 cm long.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Poales

            • Family: Poaceae

              • Genus: Eriochloa