Isotype of Sporobolus minutusLink [family GRAMINEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Lobin, W.,
Related name
Sporobolus confertus
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Aira flexuosa
Flora
Entry for SPOROBOLUS minutus Link [family POACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
SPOROBOLUS minutusLink [family POACEAE], (1827).
Information
Annual up to 16 cm high. Leaves flat, 0.5–0.8(–1.3) mm wide, glabrous. Panicle narrowly elliptic, 2–4 cm long; primary branches in whorls, the lowest never barren. Spikelets 0.95–1.4 mm long; lower glume elliptic-ovate, 0.3–0.5 mm long; upper glume narrowly ovate, as long as the spikelet; lemma ovate, 0.8–1.2 mm long; anthers 2, c. 0.2 mm long. Grain obovate, 0.5–0.6 mm long.