G24 



PINE DROPSEED 



Blepharoneu'ron tricho'Iepis, syn. Sporo'bolus tricho'lepis 



Individual flower groups (spikelets) 

 stalked, 1-flowered, up to % in. long 



Lowest (2) spikelet bracts (glumes) 

 1-veined, membranous, nearly equal, 

 the first a little shorter and narrower 

 than the second, smooth 



Outer flower bract Gemma) 3-nerved, 

 nerves densely silky-hairy 



Inner flower bract (palea) 2-nerved, 

 hairy between the nerves, about as long 

 as the lemma 



Stalks (culms) simple, erect, slender, 

 up to 3 ft. high, not hairy, sometimes 

 purplish, sparingly leafy above 



Leaves mostly basal, narrow, smooth, 

 pale green, 2 to 8 in. long, inrolled; 

 uppermost leaf sometimes sheathing the 

 panicle, equaling or extending beyond 



Flower head (panicle) up to 6 in. or 

 more long, narrow but open and loosely 

 flowered 



Roots fibrous 



