Miscanthus sacchariflorus

(Maxim.) Benth.
Common names: Amur silvergrass Miscanthus
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 618.

Plants rhizomatous, rhizomes 3-6 mm wide. Culms 60-250 cm tall, 5-8 mm thick below; nodes pilose. Leaves evenly distributed; ligules 0.5-1 mm; blades 20-80 cm long, 0.5-3 cm wide, adaxial surfaces densely pilose basally, midribs prominent, whitish. Panicles 15-40 cm long, 8-16 cm wide, white to yellowish-brown, usually with more than 15 branches; rachises 4-10 cm; nodes pilose; branches 10-35 cm long, about 10 mm wide, sometimes branching at the base. Shorter pedicels 1.5-3 mm; longer pedicels 3-7 mm, strongly curved at maturity. Spikelets 4-6 mm; callus hairs 2-4 times as long as the spikelets, copious, white. Lower glumes 2-keeled above, margins densely pilose distally, hairs to 15 mm; upper glumes 4-5 mm, 3-veined, margins ciliate distally; awns of upper lemmas absent or short, not exceeding the glumes. 2n = 38, 57, 64, 76, 95.

Distribution

Mass., Ont., Que., Mo., Minn., Mich., Nebr., Wis., N.Y., Ill., Conn., Maine, Iowa

Discussion

Miscanthus sacchariflorus is native to the margins of rivers or marshes in temperate to north-temperate regions of eastern Asia, and appears to require cold and humidity for optimum growth. It has escaped from cultivation in various parts of the Flora region. It combines a large, plumose panicle with recurving leaves that turn orange in the fall.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number."fine" is not a number.

... more about "Miscanthus sacchariflorus"
95 +, 76 +, 64 +, 57 +  and 38 +
3 +  and 2 +
anatomy +  and kranz +
Mary E. Barkworth +
(Maxim.) Benth. +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
divergent +  and parallel +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
pseudopetiolate +
non-radiate +  and radiate +
well-developed +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
usually linear +  and lanceolate occasionally ovate +
reduced +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (?) +  and 35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br /> (?) +
spikelike +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (?) +
2-4 times as long as the spikelets +
Amur silvergrass +  and Miscanthus +
purple +  and reddish +
60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br /> (250 cm2,500 mm <br />2.5 m <br />) +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (400 cm4,000 mm <br />4 m <br />) +
not woody +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Mass. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Mo. +, Minn. +, Mich. +, Nebr. +, Wis. +, N.Y. +, Ill. +, Conn. +, Maine +  and Iowa +
capillary +
sometimes longer +
concealing +
compressed +  and terete +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
compressed +  and rounded +
unequal +
membranous +  and coriaceous +
uncinate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
bracteate +  and ebracteate +
pedunculate +  and multiple-stalked +
axillary +  and subtending +
solid +  and hollow +
distributed +
photosynthetic +
not aromatic +
coriaceous +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
complex +  and simple +
concealed +  and prominent +
pedicellate +
white +  and yellowish-brown +
15cm +  and 40cm +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (16 cm160 mm <br />0.16 m <br />) +
dry +  and fleshy +
elongate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (?) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
homomorphic +  and pedicellate +
in triplets +  and paired +
usually smaller +  and reduced +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
fused +  and free +
2 +  and 3 +
dome--shaped +  and triangular +
Gramineae +
Miscanthus sacchariflorus +
Miscanthus +
species +
membranous +
sessile-pedicellate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +
dioecious +, monoecious +  and synoecious +