Key to Brachypodium
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1. Annual;
spikelets 1. In Poaceae, one or more florets (each a flower with subtending lemma and generally palea) and generally 2 subtending glumes; in a sterile spikelet, the flower(s) and sometimes palea(s) are rudimentary or absent. 2. In Cyperaceae, the smallest aggregation of flowers (generally more than 2) and associated bracts.
laterally
compressed Flattened side-to-side or front-to-back.
;
anthers 0.5–1.1 mm
..... B. distachyon 1' Perennial herb; spikelets ± cylindrical; anthers 3–5.5 mm
2. Lemma awn 1. Bristle-like appendage or elongation, generally terminal. 2. Stiff, needle-like pappus element in Asteraceae.
0 or 1–7 mm, <
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.
..... [B. pinnatum]
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