Trisetum
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Read about Trisetum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Trisetum (Latin, three and bristles: the florets are 3-awned). Gramineae. Tufted hardy perennials of no real horticultural interest: infl. terminal spike-like or loose panicles: spikelets 2 (rarely 3-5) -fld.; rhachilla prolonged beyond the upper palea; glumes unequal, keeled; lemma membranaceous, keeled, 2-toothed at apex, bearing a slender dorsal awn; palea narrow, 2-toothed. About 90 species, widely distributed throughout the temperate regions of the world. T. flavescens, Beauv. (Avena flavescens, Linn.). Culms 1 1/2 – 2 1/2 ft. high, erect, simple, glabrous: sheaths shorter than the internodes; ligule 1/2 in. long; blades 1 1/2 - 5 in. long, 1-3 lines wide: panicle open; branches somewhat flexuous: spikelets 3-4-fld.; glumes smooth or scabrous; awn long, bent, and twisted. Eu., Asia, and intro. into Amer. B.B. (ed. 2) 1:217. Not in common cult., but occasionally used in agriculture. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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