Trisetum

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Poaceae

• Scientific Name

  Trisetum

• Description

  Genus Description - Spikelets 2(3–5)-fld, disarticulating above the glumes and between the lemmas; rachilla prolonged behind the second palea, often hairy; glumes thin or membranous, with broad hyaline margins, about as long as the spikelet, the first 1–3-veined, the second 3–5-veined; lemmas thin, elongate, rounded on the back or distally keeled, obscurely veined, short-bearded at base, entire and awnless, or with a straight or bent awn arising from above the middle of the back; seeds with minute embryo and liquid endosperm; ligules membranous, erose; tufted perennials (rarely annual) with spiciform or subcapitate to loose and elongate panicles. 50+, cosmopolitan.