Enteropogon macrostachyus

(Enteropogon macrostachyus)

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Description

Tufted annual or perennial about 90 cm high. Spikes solitary, about 15 cm long with glabrous spikelets 8-10 mm long; lemmas 2-3, awned. Leaves are scattered along the culm and the leaf-blades fold readily when dry, and are very finely pointed. They have a tuft of fine white hairs in the axil.

Taxonomic tree:

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