Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Annuals or perennials. Leaves: lamina
linear or lanceolate; ligule a line of hairs. Inflorescence of
racemes borne upon a short common axis; spikelets single
and abaxial or paired. Spikelets lanceolate to
ovate, plano-convex, cuspidate to acuminate; lower glume
mostly shorter than spikelet; upper glume as long as spikelet,
usually membranous; lower floret male or sterile, lower lemma
resembling upper glume; upper lemma obtuse,
mucronate.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Urochloa Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=198
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings