About Calamagrostis arundinacea (L.) Roth
Calamagrostis arundinacea (L.) Roth is a perennial tufted grass species that grows with short rhizomes. Its culms are erect and measure 60–150 centimetres (24–59 inches) in length. Each leaf bears a truncate, obtuse ligule that is 2–4 millimetres (0.08–0.16 inches) long. The leaf blades are 8–50 millimetres (0.3–2.0 inches) long and 1.8–10 millimetres (0.07–0.39 inches) wide; they are hairless, have a scabrous surface, and end in an attenuate apex. The inflorescence is an open, continuous, lanceolate panicle that is 8–18 cm (3.1–7.1 in) long by 1–4 cm (0.4–1.6 in) wide, and it is borne on a scaberulous peduncle. The flowers have two lodicules, two stigmas, and three anthers that measure 2.4–2.7 mm (0.09–0.11 in) long. This species produces fruit in the form of a caryopsis with an extra pericarp.
