Aristida funiculata Trin. & Rupr.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Aristida

Characteristics

Tufted annual with wiry culms 15–30 cm. high.. Leaf-blades flat or folded, 4–10 cm. long and up to 2 mm. wide.. Panicle linear, up to 10 cm. long, few-flowered.. Spikelets green tinged with brown; glumes linear, membranous, the lower 20–30 mm. long, the upper 3–6 mm. shorter, both finely attenuate; lemma cylindrical, 4 mm. long, scabrid above, articulated at the apex; callus 2 mm. long, conical, pungent; column (2–)3–4.5 cm. long, the base as wide as the summit of the lemma, straight for a short distance, thereafter strongly twisted; awn-branches subequal, 3.5–4.5 cm. long.
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Annual, up to 46 cm. high
Pale brown glumes.
Life form annual
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.3
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use material
Edible -
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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Aristida funiculata world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Myanmar, Mauritania, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Senegal, Somalia, Chad, and Yemen

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:389437-1
WFO ID wfo-0000848826
COL ID GNY3
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Aristida funiculata Aristida stipacea Chaetaria murina Chaetaria royleana Aristida paradoxa Aristida foenicularis Aristida funicularis Aristida herbacea Aristida kotschyi Aristida macranthera Aristida macrathera Aristida mallica Aristida royleana Arthratherum royleanum Aristida funiculata var. brevis Aristida funiculata var. mallica Aristida funiculata var. paradoxa Aristida funiculata var. royleana Aristida funiculata var. funiculata Arthratherum kotschyi