Open-headed Grasses

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Grasses - Poaceae

These grasses tend to have either small spikelets clustered at the ends of long side branches, or spikes with widely-spaced branches, giving the overall flower spike a very open appearance. See also meadow-grasses.

Smilo-grass      Oloptum miliaceum

(Piptatherum miliaceum, Oryzopsis miliacea) Found throughout the world's tropical and subtropical regions. Forms patches in damp places along barrancos.

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Habit
Early flower spike
Early flower spike
Flower spike branchlets
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Late spikelets
Late spikelets
Leaf upperside
Leaf ligule


Elegant Hair-grass      Aira elegans

Native to the Mediterranean Region and eastern Europe, eastwards to the Caucasus amd Iran.

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Habit
Late flower spikes
Late flower spikes
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Late spikelet
Leaf base and stem