Robust perennial, rhizomatous, often mat-forming. Stems tufted, the base often covered with fibrous remains of old leaf sheaths. Leaves eligulate. Inflorescence a panicle with clusters of spikelets on peduncles emerging from the axis of the leaves. Spikelets at the end of branches. Stamens conspicuously green/yellow. Nutlet with persistent perianth bristles. Worldwide: 15 species in the Old World and Chile. DRC: 0 taxa. |
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