Sacciolepis

• 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

  Sacciolepis

• Description

  Genus Description - Spikelets with one perfect terminal fl, lanceolate, awnless, pedicellate, aggregated into a slender spiciform panicle; first glume short, triangular, 3-veined; second glume strongly saccate at base, sharply 11–13-veined; sterile lemma equaling the second glume, flat, 5-veined, the outer veins approximate in pairs near the margin, its palea nearly as long and often subtending a staminate fl; fertile lemma much shorter, short-stipitate, chartaceous, with involute margins clasping the margins (but not the tip) of the similar-textured palea.