Cynodon convergens

(Cynodon convergens)

galery

Description

Ascending or erect annual to 0.5 m high; culms geniculate at the base, branched.Leaves with sheath loose, overlapping, glabrous or bearded with a few hairs at the orifice; blade flat, short, erect, 2-3 mm wide.Inflorescence of 3-5 erect or spreading spikes, 3-5 cm long. Spikelets 1-flowered, 3-5 mm long. Glumes acute or mucronate, laterally compressed, 3.5 mm long. Lemma acute, 2-2.5 mm long, elliptic, laterally compressed, densely ciliate on the margins and midnerve. Palea ciliate on the nerves.

Taxonomic tree:

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