Status: Native
Synonyms:
Phalaroides arundinacea (Linnaeus) Rauschert
Phalaris arundinacea is a tall perennial grass of moist habitats. The inflorescence is spikelike after flowering, although much more open when flowering such that it may not even appear to be the same grass. There is only one obvious floret per spikelet. There are two scales at the base of the floret that are thought to be remnants of florets that did not develop.
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Phalaris arundinacea, photo Russ Kleinman, Jack Carter & Richard Felger, Apache Creek, July 7, 2009
Phalaris arundinacea, inflorescence, photo Russ Kleinman, Jack Carter & Richard Felger, Apache Creek, July 7, 2009
Phalaris arundinacea, spikelet, photo Russ Kleinman, Jack Carter & Richard Felger, Apache Creek, July 7, 2009
Phalaris arundinacea, macro of floret disarticulated above glumes with vestigial scales, photo Russ Kleinman, Jack Carter & Richard Felger, Apache Creek, July 7, 2009
Phalaris arundinacea, macro of vestigial scales, photo Russ Kleinman, Jack Carter & Richard Felger, Apache Creek, July 7, 2009
Phalaris arundinacea, open panicle, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & Kelly Kindscher, Tularosa River at Apache Creek, Aug. 11, 2009
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