what are the characteristics of basket grass
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Explanation:
Plant: low-growing, shallow-rooted perennial grass; produces long stolons; branches and roots at the lower stem nodes. Leaves: flat, about ½ in. wide by 1½-4 in. long; deep green with undulating ripples across the leaf surface; leaf sheath and stem are noticeably hairy, with short hairs.
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Basket Grass is also know as Oplismenus hirtellus.
Oplismenus hirtellus (commonly known as basket grass) is a flowering perennial plant from the family Poaceae that can be found on every continent in the world except Antarctica, growing mostly in coastal tropic and subtropic regions as well as tropical and subtropical islands such as Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia etc...
⏩ Racemes with a distinct rhachis up to 3 cm long, the spikelet pairs contiguous
⏩ rarely the racemes all ± cuneate, but then awns also short.
⏩ Spikelets 2–4 mm. long, glabrous to sparsely pubescent
⏩ awns smooth and sticky, the longest in each pair of spikelets 3–14 mm.
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