Baloskion Raf.

Mid culms with sterile branches Baloskion

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Culms much branched 100–150 cm high, with dense clusters of filiform dichotomous green barren branches in the axils of the leaf sheaths. Rhizome creeping, woolly. Spikelets in a long narrow loose panicle mostly c. 30 cm long. Male spikelets narrow-ovate to nearly globular, 4–6 mm long; female spikelets usually narrower and longer. Perianth segments 6 in the male flowers, 4 in the female. Coast and adjacent plateaus. Wet ground Baloskion tetraphyllum

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Culms unbranched, 30–100 cm high. Spikelets in a narrow terminal panicle or raceme. Perianth segments 6 in the male flowers, 4 in the female