Phalaris Arundinacea Identification

[bluecereal]

Hello DMT-NEXUS, I'm having trouble identifying this grass. I think it is phalaris arundinacea because of the prominent ligule, and the rhizomes. I found it in a marshy area. The ground was very wet and covered in dying vegetation. The marsh was covered in this grass, which also leads me to believe it is canary grass because of the invasive nature of this species. In this marsh, I also noticed the grass's inflorescence; however, I ignored it because it was dead. The stem upon which the inflorescence sat was about two meters tall. I also observed that the grass grew in clumps, which seems to be a characteristic of the grass I am looking for.

Basically, I am having doubts about the identity of this grass. If any of you could help me identify this species, or recommend other steps for identification that would be super helpful. Thanks.

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PS: I am well aware of gramine in phalaris. From my research, I have found mixed reports about gramine content. Posts on DMT NEXUS of the Chromotography of phalaris show ~1% gramine content. I have read that gramine is not soluble in Naphtha, which is the solvent I am using in my extraction.

 

[lifebinder]

Ethnobotanical shops should be selling seeds from this grass!!!

 

[DMTripper]

I found this in my garden. Can I work with this?

 

[Chimp Z]

@ DMTripper

You can run an extraction but variegated Arundinacea isn't known to have much
of anything.

Pretty plant :thumb_up:

 

[downwardsfromzero]

The variegated one including pink stripes, var. "Raspberries and Cream" was alleged to have some activity but I know of no meaningful analyses.

 

[Chimp Z]

@downwardsfromzero i've only heard of "Strawberries and Cream", "Feesey" and "Picta" varieties.
Do you know if there have been more variegated Arundinacea types cultivated?
A few years ago I brewed 2g of rue with 30g dried P. Arundinacea "Picta" foliage and didn't observe anything at all besides
the gentle rue vibes. I got the plants from Home Depot so I've always thought those plants are probably grown to have no alkaloids. Perhaps a non-corporate supplier would have a selection of variegated plants that may produced DMT?

 

[downwardsfromzero]

Strawberries, yes! - strawberries, raspberries, other reddish soft fruits of the Rosaceae, I hold a mental image of that particular shade of pink being like raspberries so I get the names mixed up!

Did you pay attention to season and time of day for your picta harvest?

Phalaris is so variable it can be hard to distinguish a tip from a hoax.

I have two Feesey/picta(?) strains, one from a large home improvement store in Germany, and another I found growing in a ditch. They might be the same but they started out looking different. I wonder if there's a difference between flowing water and static water. I'll eventually be building a circulating water system for my Phalaris tanks, FWIW.

 

[Chimp Z]

picta harvest in june