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Chrysopogon aciculatis (Retz.) Trin.

Sessile spikelets, all with two pedicellate spikelets except second from right, with just pedicels

Sessile spikelets, detail

Caryopses

photo by Mark Thurmond

A, Sessile spikelet, including callus and awn; B-D, sessile spikelet with two pedicels; B, side view; C, dorsal view; D, ventral view; E, caryopsis in ventral view; F, caryopsis in dorsal view

drawing by Lynda E. Chandler