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Taxonomy
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TAXON
Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash
FAMILY
Poaceae Barnhart
ALTERNATE FAMILY
nom. cons.
TRIBE
Panicoideae
SUBTRIBE
Andropogoneae
GENUS
Vetiveria Bory
SPECIES
zizanioides (L.) Nash J. K. Small, Fl. s.e. U.S. 67, 1326. 1903
Plant Description
Tufted perennial; culms up to 2 m high. Leaf-blades up to 90 cm long, 4-10.5 mm wide. Panicle oblong, usually contracted, 13-30 cm long, its longest raceme up to 5(-7.5) cm long. Sessile spikelet 3.5-5 mm long including the callus; callus c. 1 mm long, glabrous, rounded to fit the slightly hollowed tip of the internode; lower glume spinulose; upper glume awnless; upper lemma awnless or shortly mucronate.
Flowering &Fruiting Period: Sept.
