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The spikelet is the
basic unit of the grass inflorescence. Grass flowers are wind-pollinated and not showy.
Other terminology to know about grasses includes anther, blade, collar, floret, glume,
intercalary meristem, internode, lemma, node, rhizome, sheath, and stolon. |
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Two
spikelets on a St. Augustinegrass inflorescence, each with one flap-like glume present at
the base. This species normally has only one completely fertile (stamens + pistil) floret
per spikelet. |
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