Miscanthus sacchariflorus

Miscanthus sacchariflorus

Miscanthus is a grass type sacchariflorus from the family of grasses ( Poaceae ). Native to East Asia plant is one of the parent species of the plant is giant miscanthus ( Miscanthus × giganteus).

Features

Miscanthus sacchariflorus is a perennial plant and forms long, slender rhizomes, which are covered with short, bald to hairy Cataphyllen. The stalks are slender, erect, 65-160 cm high, not hollow and unbranched. The leaves are on the culm. The leaf sheaths are serrated and bare. The leaf blades are linear, flat, 20 to 50 cm long and 0.5 to 1.5 cm wide. You are bald, have pointed a clear midrib and end. The ligule is approximately 5 mm long and carries 1 to 2 mm long eyelashes.

The inflorescence is a panicle 7-30 cm long, whose main axis 5-15 cm long, glabrous or hairy at the base. The four to 24 racemose partial inflorescences are 5-20 cm long. The internodes of the rachis are bare, the nodes glabrous or hairy. The spikelets are 4-6 mm long, hairy and awnless. At the callus sit 8 to 12 mm long hairs that protrude from the spikelets. The glumes are dissimilar, membranous, 4-6 mm long, with indistinct nerves and pointed at the end. The lower glume is hairy you with long hair at the edges. The top is covered with short only at the top. The lemmas lanceolate, hyaline and about 3 mm long. You have 0-1 nerve, tip and edges are hairy. The palea is designed as a small, nerveless, hairy scale. The three anthers are 2 to 2.5 mm long. The caryopsis is oblong.

Dissemination and locations

Miscanthus sacchariflorus occurs in China ( Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi ), Japan, Korea and eastern Russia. It grows on hillsides and along river banks.

Documents

• Chen Shouliang, Stephen A. Renvoize: Miscanthus Andersson, Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk. - Akad. Förh. 12: 165 1855, Flora of China, Volume 22, 2006, pp. 581-583. (Online, PDF, 192 kB)