Key to Ehrharta
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(For a list of species in Ehrharta, use the above link.)
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1. Sterile 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.
awns 
1. Bristle-like appendage or elongation, generally terminal. 2. Stiff, needle-like pappus element in Asteraceae.
2–20 mm;
stamens 3
..... E. longiflora 1' Sterile lemma awns 0; stamens 6
2' Glumes ± green at maturity; sterile lemma ±
glabrous, upper transversely wrinkled
..... E. erecta
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