Calamagrostis varia

Calamagrostis varia is a species of flowering plant from the family Poaceae which is native to Europe.

Description
The species is perennial and caespitose with short rhizomes and erect culms which are 30 – long. It ligule have an eciliate membrane which is 2 – long and is also lacerate, and obtuse. The leaf-blades are 10 – by 4 – with the bottom being glabrous. The panicle is open, linear, is 5 – long and have scabrous branches. It fertile spikelets are lanceolate and are 4 –. They carry one fertile floret which have a hairy floret callus which is 0.5 – over lemma.

Fertile lemma is oblong and is of the same size as a spikelet, membranous and keelless. Lemma itself have an asperulous surface and dentate apex with the main lemma having awns which are 0 – over the lemma and are geniculated and are 1 – long. The species also have glumes which are lanceolate, membranous, and are 4 – long with the upper glume having an acuminate apex. Rhachilla is 1 mm long and pilose. Flowers have two lodicules and two stigmas along with and three stamens which are 1.5 mm long. The fruits are caryopses with additional pericarp.