- A
ligule (from Latin:
ligula "strap",
variant of lingula, from
lingua "tongue") is a thin
outgrowth at the
junction of leaf and
leafstalk of many gr****es...
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individual flower found in the
heads of
certain other asteraceous species. A
ligule is the strap-shaped
tongue of the
corolla of
either a ray
flower or of a...
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serrated transversely. The
ligule is
pointed and silvery.
Compared this to
Common Meadowgr**** Poa pratensis,
which has a
squared ligule, and Poa trivialis, which...
- multiflorum) with a
strong central keel,
giving a
flattened appearance. The
ligule is very
short and
truncated and
often difficult to see. The
small white...
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flattened or
sometimes thickened, with a
blunt or
hooded apex and
membranaceous ligule. Many of the
species are
important pasture plants, used
extensively by grazing...
- 39 in) wide and
spikelets about 4–6
millimetres (0.16–0.24 in) long. The
ligule is 1–2.5
millimetres (0.039–0.098 in) long, with a
slightly tattered top...
- 20 in) broad,
smooth or
slightly roughened, with a
rounded to
truncate ligule 1–2
millimetres (0.039–0.079 in) long. The
conical panicle is 5–20 centimetres...
- green.
There are 4 to 10
spikelet flowers,
which are up to 15 mm long. The
ligule is very
short and blunt.
Festuca rubra, as red
fescue or
creeping red fescue...
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distinguished from
Lycopodiaceae (the clubmosses) by
having scale-leaves
bearing a
ligule and by
having spores of two types. They are
sometimes included in an informal...
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triangular impression known as the "ligular pit" for its
similarities to the
ligule of Isoetes. In some leaf-cushions a
second depression was
present above...
