Schizachne Hackel

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 179

41. Schizachne Hackel 1

Perennials. Leaves flat or convolute; sheaths entire. Inflorescence a lax, secund panicle. Spikelets laterally compressed, with 3-5 hermaphrodite florets. Glumes somewhat unequal, membranous, the lower 3-, the upper 5-veined. Fertile lemma rounded on the back, coriaceous in fruit, 2-fid at apex and awned from just below the sinus; veins 7-9; callus with long hairs. Palea membranous, 2-keeled, shorter than the lemma. Lodicules 2, connate laterally.