View source for Melinis nerviglumis

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|accepted_name=Melinis nerviglumis
|accepted_authority=(Franch.) Zizka
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|common_names=Pink crystal
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Paniceae;Melinis;Melinis nerviglumis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Paniceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Melinis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Melinis nerviglumis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; cespitose. <b>Culms</b> (25)40-120(150) cm. <b>Leaf</b> sheaths not strongly overlapping; blades (3)1-30(44) cm long, (1.3)2-3.5(4.5) mm wide, rolled. <b>Panicles</b> contracted. <b>Pedicels</b> scabrous, with hairs to 7 mm. <b>Spikelets</b> 3.2-5.7 mm long, 2 mm wide, often densely covered with hairs, hairs to 4 mm, white or pink to purple. <b>Glumes</b> separated by 0.3(0.6) mm; lower glumes about 0.5 mm, awns 1-2(3) mm. <b>2n</b> = 36.</span><!--

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|discussion=<p>In its native southern Africa, <i>Melinis nerviglumis</i> flowers from November to September [sic]</p>
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Paniceae
|genus=Melinis
|species=Melinis nerviglumis
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