Miscanthus

• 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

  Miscanthus

• Description

  Genus Description - Spikelets all alike, one of each pair short-pediceled, the other long-pediceled, both eventually deciduous from the summit of the pedicels; rachis of the racemes continuous; glumes subequal; lemmas 2, hyaline, ciliate, shorter than the glumes, the fertile (upper) one often awned, the sterile one a little larger but awnless; tall perennials with numerous long racemes aggregated to form a silky terminal panicle. 20, warmer parts of the Old World.