ONIONGRASS 



Me'lica bulbo'sa, syn. M. bel'la 



G78 

 (2 leaves) 



Flower heads (panicles) narrow, erect, 

 4 to 6 in. long, densely flowered; 

 branches short, stiff, erect, mostly 

 overlapping 



Individual flower groups (spikelets) 3- 

 to 9-flowered, about % in. long, papery 

 in age; upper 1 or 2 flowers often 

 reduced 



Outer flower bract (lemma) about K 

 in. long, reverse-lance-shaped, 7-nerved, 

 beardless (awnless) 



Lowest (2) spikelet bracts (glumes) 

 persistent, somewhat unequal; first 

 glume oblong, rounded at tip, thin, 

 indistinctly 3- to 5-nerved; second 

 glume a little longer than first glume, 

 reverse-lance-shaped, slightly rough, 

 5- to 7-nerved 



Stalks (culms) erect, usually 1 or 2 

 ft. high, single or in tufts, usually bent 

 and swollen or bulbous at the base 



Roots fibrous 



