Sporobolus minuartioides

Description

Habit Annual;caespitose.Culms prostrate;6-25 cm long.Lateral branches ample.Leaf-sheaths 0.5-1 cm long.Ligule a fringe of hairs.Leaf-blades 1-6 cm long;1-3 mm wide;stiff.Leaf-blade apex acuminate. Inflorescences Inflorescence a panicle;comprising 5-12 fertile spikelets;subtended by sheathless blades (2-4 blades);embraced at base by subtending leaf.Panicle capitate;corymbose;0.7-0.9 cm long;bearing few spikelets.Primary panicle branches accrescent to a central axis;with lateral stumps on axis.Spikelets solitary.Fertile spikelets sessile. Spikelets Spikelets comprising 1 fertile florets;without rhachilla extension.Spikelets elliptic;laterally compressed;4-5 mm long;falling entire. Fertile Spikelets comprising 1 fertile florets;without rhachilla extension.Spikelets elliptic;laterally compressed;4-5 mm long;falling entire. Glume Glumes similar;reaching apex of florets.Lower glume lanceolate;4-5 mm long;1 length of upper glume;membranous;1-keeled;1 -veined.Lower glume primary vein scaberulous.Lower glume lateral veins absent.Lower glume margins eciliate,or ciliolate.Lower glume apex acute.Upper glume ovate;4-5 mm long;1 length of adjacent fertile lemma;membranous;1-keeled;1 -veined.Upper glume primary vein scaberulous.Upper glume lateral veins absent.Upper glume surface glabrous,or puberulous.Upper glume margins ciliolate.Upper glume apex obtuse,or acute. Florets Fertile lemma ovate;laterally compressed;4-5 mm long;membranous;keeled;1 -veined.Lemma apex acute.Palea 3-4 mm long;2 -veined. Flowers Lodicules absent.Anthers 3;2-2.5 mm long.