Key to Cynosurus
View taxon page for Cynosurus
(For a list of species in Cynosurus, use the above link.)
Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.
1. Perennial herb;
inflorescence cylindric Elongate, with parallel sides and, at any point, round in transverse section.
;
fertile lemma In Poaceae, the lower, generally larger of two sheathing bracts subtending a flower, generally ensheathing the palea (in a sterile lemma, the associated flower and sometimes palea are rudimentary or absent); with the palea and flower, comprising the floret.
awn 1. Bristle-like appendage or elongation, generally terminal. 2. Stiff, needle-like pappus element in Asteraceae.
generally 0.5–1 mm
..... C. cristatus 1' Annual; inflorescence ± head-like, occasionally
interrupted; fertile lemma awn 3–20 mm
..... C. echinatus
Please use this Google Form for Contact/Feedback
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) . Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/ [accessed on ]
Citation for an individual treatment: [Author of taxon treatment] [year]. [Taxon name] in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, [URL for treatment]. Accessed on .
We encourage links to these pages, but the content may not be downloaded for reposting, repackaging, redistributing, or sale in any form, without written permission from The Jepson Herbarium.