Calamagrostis arundinacea


Calamagrostis arundinacea is a species of bunch grass in the family Poaceae, native to Eurasia, China and India.

Description

The species is perennial and tufted with short rhizomes and erect culms that are long. Each leaf has a truncate ligule which is long, and obtuse. The leaf-blades are by, hairless and have both a scabrous surface and an attenuate apex. The panicle has a scaberulous peduncle and is lanceolate, open, continuous, and is long by wide. Flowers have a pair of lodicules and stigmas, and three anthers which are long. The fruit is a caryopsis with an additional pericarp.