Glyceria R.Br.

Greek glykeros – sweet, after G. fluitans, which is used as a sweet and juicy fodder.

Rhizomatous, often water-associated mostly perennial grass. Leaves flat; sheaths entire. Ligule membranous. Inflorescence a panicle with 3-sided axis. Spikelets with 3-many florets. Glumes transparent with 1 vein. Lemma awnless, blunt, with 5-11 veins.

Seed.

A favourite pasture grass for cows.

Rhizomatous mostly semi-aquatic plants; upper glume 1-nerved, lemmas distinctly 5-nerved; leaf-sheath tubular in lower part, often with transverse septa between longitudinal veins.

About 40 temperate species.

Source: Spencer, R.; Aldous, D.; Stajsic, V.; McGeary, D (2005). Poaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Lilianae
order      Poales
family       Poaceae
Higher taxa
Subordinate taxa
species         Glyceria maxima (Hartm). Holmb.