Cotta Grass

(Cottea pappophoroides)

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Description

It is a perennial plant ; Cespitosa , with stems reaching a size of 30-60 cm high; Herbaceous; Branched up; Tuberous (grow associated with cleistogamic spikelets ). Inert plants with non-aggregated basal leaves; Not auriculadas. Hairy pods. The sheets of the linear sheets; Narrow; 3-7 mm wide; Flat Exhibiting multicellular glands abaxially. The films without venation; persistent. The ligule is a fringed membrane, or a fringe of hair (-). Bisexual plants, with bisexual spikelets; With hermaphrodite florets . Paniculate inflorescence; Open (instead of loose, 8-15 cm long).

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order:Poales
Family:Poaceae
Genus:Cottea
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