Piptatherum miliaceum

Read about Piptatherum miliaceum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Oryzopsis miliacea, Benth. & Hook. Perennial, 2-3 ft.: blades flat, ⅓ in. wide: panicle loose and open, as much as a foot long, with spreading branches; spikelets 1½ lines long, with a deciduous straight awn 2 lines long. Eu.— A form of this (called also Milium Thomasii, Duby, and Piptatherum Thomasii, Kunth) with numerous sterile lower branches of the panicle, is sometimes cult, for ornament. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.