Aristida sciurus Stapf

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Aristida

Characteristics

A perennial plant; up to 1.4 m high; robust; shortly rhizomatous and tufted; erect. Culms 5-6 mm in diameter; unbranched; lower internodes woolly hairy or glabrous. Leaf blades up to 800 x 2-3(-6) mm. Flowers: panicle contracted; spikelets 25-30 mm long (including awns); lower glume 1/2 length of upper glume; mucro or awn absent; lemma articulation absent; lemma narrowed into a beak or very short twisted column; awns 3; subequal; callus apex small; naked; swollen and rounded.
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Tufted erect, robust perennial to 1400 mm high; shortly rhizomatous; culm 5-6 mm in diameter, unbranched, lower internodes woolly hairy or glabrous. Leaf blade to 800 x 2-3(-6) mm. Spikelet 25-30 mm long (including awns); lower glume 1/2 the length of upper glume, mucro or awn absent; lemma articulation absent, narrowed into a beak or very short twisted column; awns three, subequal; callus apex small, naked, swollen and rounded; anther 4.3-6.5 mm long.
Robust perennial, short rhizomatous and tufted (erect), up to 1.4 m high. Leaf blades up to 800 mm long; 2-3(-6) mm wide. Culms 5-6 mm in diameter, unbranched, lower internodes woolly-hairy or glabrous. Spikelets 25-30 mm long (including awns); lower glume half the length of the upper, mucro or awn absent; lemma articulation absent; lemma narrowed into a beak or very short twisted column; awns 3, subequal; callus tip small, naked, swollen and rounded.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.4
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 5-6
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Usage

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Therapeutic use -
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Aristida sciurus world distribution map, present in eSwatini and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:389764-1
WFO ID wfo-0000849354
COL ID 5VQZF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Aristida sciurus