Melica onoei

Melica onoei is a species of grass found in China, Japan, Korea, Pakistan and Taiwan.

Description
The species is perennial and have elongated rhizomes. It culms are 75 – long. The species leaf-sheaths are tubular and smooth with one of their length being closed. It eciliate membrane is 0.5 – long and is truncate. They also have flat leaf-blades which are 20 – long by 3.5 – wide and have scaberulous and hispid surface. Both the leaf-sheaths and leaf-blades have glabrous surface.

The panicle itself is open and is 30 – long with the main branches being distant from each other and are 7 – long. The spikelets themselves are solitary and oblong and are made out of 2 fertile florets that are 6.5 – long. Fertile spikelets are pediceled and have rhachilla stems that are 2 mm long. Florets are diminished at the apex.

Its lemma have scaberulous surface and emarginated apex with fertile lemma being chartaceous elliptic, keelless, and 4.5 – long. Both the lower and upper glumes are elliptic, keelless, membranous, and have acute apexes. Their size is different; Lower glume is 2.5 – long while the upper one is 4 – long. Palea is 2-veined. Flowers are fleshy, oblong, truncate, have 2 lodicules, and grow together. They have 3 anthers which are 0.8 – long with fruits that are caryopsis and have an additional pericarp with linear hilum.

Ecology
It is found on hillsides, gullies, and roadsides on elevation of 400 - 2500 m. It blooms from May to October.