Multiflower False Rhodes Grass

Description

Grass Family (Poaceae). The multiflower false rhodes grass is a native, warm-seasoned, erect, tufted perennial. The height ranges from 1 to 2 feet. The leaf blade is wide and flat with a strong midrib. The leaf sheath is open and shorter than the internodes. The ligule has a few hairs. The stem has branches at the lower nodes with enlarged nodes. The seedhead has several spikes, 2 to 3 inches long. It is looser and less feathery than two-flower trichloris (Chloris crinita). The spiklets are 3 to 5 flowered, usually 4- flowered.