Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : orzmi
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Piptatherum multiflorum (Cav.) Beauv. Oryzopsis miliacea (L.) Bentham & Hooker
Classification: Gramineae, Monocotyledonous
Common name: smilo-grass
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: ES : lastón ; FR : faux riz-millet ; IT : miglio multifloro ; PT : talha-dente ; EN : smilo-grass ;
Biological type: Perennial with stolons
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- Shoot rolled, leaf sheath terete.
- Leaf blade 20-50 times longer than wide, leaf more or less hairy.
- Ligule membranous, truncate, auricles absent.
- Height: 60-100 cm. Plant tufted, with appressed and rooted stolons.
- Leaves light-green. Colourless and thickened base of the blade.
- Inflorescence : large panicle with numerous very divided branches arranged in distant whorls. Long pedicels with solitary spikelets (less than 4 mm long) with a shorter awn. One floret concealed by large glumes. Lemma relatively coriaceous and shining, very clasping.
- Fruit : shining seed, without rhachilla, compound of caryopsis narrowly enclosed by the floral glumes, rounded on the back.
- Plant used in Africa as fodder. Rare in crops.
- Biological type: perennial with stolons.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Present
Rare
Present
