Inflorescence of St. Augustinegrass with spikelets and stigmata  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.
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.