Melica schafkatii

Melica schafkatii is a species of grass that can be found in Central Asia.

Description

The species is perennial and have elongated rhizomes. The plant stem is smooth with the culms being long. The species leaf-sheaths are tubular with one of their length being closed. It eciliate membrane is truncate with its leaf-blades being long and wide and have acuminated apex.
The panicle itself is contacted, lanceolate and is long. The main branches are distant and are long. The spikelets are elliptic, solitary, long, and are made out of 2 fertile florets. Fertile spikelets are pediceled, the pedicels of which are filiform, pubescent and curved. Florets are diminished at the apex.
Its lemma have pilose surface and obtuse apex with fertile lemma being chartaceous, ovate, keelless, and is long. Both the lower and upper glumes are long, are keelless, oblong, and 5–7 -veined with obtuse apexes. Palea is 2-veined. Flowers are fleshy, oblong, truncate, have 2 lodicules, and grow together. They have 3 anthers which are long that have fruits which are caryopsis and have an additional pericarp with linear hilum.