Aristida engleri var. engleri

Variety

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Aristida > Aristida engleri

Characteristics

Densely tufted to 700 mm high, erect to geniculate; culms unbranched or sparsely branched. Leaf blade to 150 x to 2.5 mm, flexible; leaf auricles glabrous to short-hairy, not woolly. Spikelet 25-35 mm long (including awns); lower glume 1/2 the length of upper glume, apex acute, finely fimbriate; lemma articulation between the lemma apex and column base; column present; awns three, laterals well developed; callus apex naked, deeply bifid; anther 4.2-5.2 mm long.
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.7
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Soil texture 7-8
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Distribution

Aristida engleri var. engleri world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77168881-1
WFO ID wfo-0001096240
COL ID 5MB6K
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Synonyms

Aristida engleri var. engleri