Family - Indian Society of Weed Science

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Common Name : Little seed canary grass
Family : Poaceae
A tufted annual bunchgrass, up to 1.8 metres in
height.
Erect or decumbent, caespitose.
Phalaris minor Retz.
Leaves long, linear, acuminate. Ligule is an
oblong hyaline membrane, about 2-5 mm long,
often truncate and/or fringed; auricles absent,
sheath smooth.
Panicle more or less protruding or entirely
protruding from the uppermost swollen leaf
sheath, ovate to oblong, 5-8 cm long, green.
Sikelets green, broadly lanceolate on short
pedicels, shining, 4 -6 mm long, strongly
laterally compressed.
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