Milium effusum

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassLiliopsida
4. OrderPoales
5. FamilyPoaceae

Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central

Observations recorded315,831

Perennial loosely tufted or solitary with slender rhizome. Culms 60-160 cm tall, 1-3 mm in diameter. Blades broadly linear-lanceolate, 10-20 cm long, 5-15 mm wide, soft, glabrous; ligule membranous, tongue-shaped, 5-10 mm long. Panicle loose, open, up to 20 cm long, branches 4-8-nate, whorled. Spikelets 1-flowered, 3 mm long, elliptical; glumes equal, 3 mm long, broadly lanceolate, chartaceous, 3-nerved; lemmas elliptical, 2.5 mm long, weakly 5-nerved, coriaceous, margins inrolled, enclosing the palea; palea oblong, 2.5 mm long, faintly 2-nerved, coricaceous. Caryopsis elliptical, 2 mm long.

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🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

5,404

With media

4,012

Family

Poaceae

Collections

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, CMN, MEL

Recorded in

Finland, Canada, Norway, Italy, Poland

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Subclass of

herbaceous plant

Parent taxon

Milium

Image

Milium.effusum.2.jpg

Has use

fodder

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