Andropogon burmanicus Bor

Habit Perennial. 

Inflorescence Terminal. 3-5 digitate raceme. Raceme greenish yellow. Raceme fragile. Rachis internodes cuneate. Rachis intenodes tip transverse and crateriform. Rachis internode two-lobed at the top portion.

Sessile spiklets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets linear; dorsally compressed; 4.5 mm long; falling entire; deciduous with accessory branch structures. Spikelet callus pubescent; base obtuse; inserted.

Pedicelled spikelets well-developed; male; lanceolate; dorsally compressed; 3.5 mm long; shorter than fertile; persistent. Companion sterile spikelet glumes chartaceous; keeled; concave; ciliate on margins; acute; muticous. Companion sterile spikelet lemmas 2; enclosed by glumes.

Glumes dissimilar; exceeding apex of florets; firmer than fertile lemma. Lower glume oblong; 1 length of spikelet; coriaceous; 2-keeled; keeled dorsally. Lower glume intercarinal veins absent. Lower glume surface deeply depressed. Upper glume lanceolate; chartaceous; 1-keeled; keeled above. Upper glume awned; 1 -awned. Upper glume awn 3 mm long.