Axonopus compressus P.Beauv.

Broadleaf carpetgrass (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Axonopus

Characteristics

Stoloniferous perennial; culms in small tufts, 15-60 cm. high, compressed, erect or ascending, the nodes appressed-pubescent or sometimes bearded; stolons long, leafy, with short blades; sheaths keeled, glabrous, pubescent on the collar, the margins hyaline, glabrous or ciliate, the lower ones relatively short, much longer than the internodes, the upper one elongate; blades 5-15 cm. long, or those of the innovations elongate, 6-10 mm. wide, rarely as little as 4 mm. or as much as 12 mm. wide, obtuse, rounded at the base, glabrous, the margins usually ciliate at least toward the base; inflorescences terminal and axillary from the upper sheaths, composed of 2-5 ascending or spreading racemes, 3-9 cm. long, the upper two conjugate, the others a short distance below; spikelets 2-2.5 mm. long (rarely 3 mm.), the second glume and sterile lemma pointed beyond the fruit, glabrous or sparsely pubescent on the internerves; fruit 1.5-2 mm. long, oblong, minutely roughened.
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Perennial with vigorous creeping stolons, forming sward. Culms 15–60 cm tall, nodes bearded. Leaf sheaths loose, strongly compressed, keeled, basal sheaths imbricate; leaf blades broadly linear to lanceolate, flat or folded, 5–20 × 0.6–1.2 cm, glabrous or adaxial surface pilose, apex obtuse; ligule 0.3–0.5 mm. Racemes 2–5, digitate or subdigitate, 4–10 cm, only slightly diverging; rachis glabrous. Spikelets oblong-lanceolate, 2–2.7 mm, pilose or glabrous, apex acute; upper glume and lower lemma 2–4-veined, midvein absent, laterals marginal; upper lemma pale, oblong-elliptic, shorter than spikelet, obtuse with an apical tuft of hairs; stigmas pale. Fl. and fr. summer–autumn. 2n = 40, 50, 60, 80.
Stoloniferous sward-forming perennial; culms 15–60 cm. high, the nodes pubescent.. Leaf-blades linear to narrowly lanceolate, 3–20 cm. long, 3–12 mm. wide, flat or folded, obtuse or bluntly acute.. Racemes 2–5, each 3–10 cm. long, with glabrous rhachis.. Spikelets lanceolate, 2–2.5 mm. long, glabrous to pubescent; upper lemma 4/5 as long as the spikelet, with a short tuft of hairs at the tip.
Superior lemma 4/5 length of spikelet, with a short tuft of hairs at apex.
Spikelets 2–2.5 mm. long, oblong-elliptic, glabrous to pubescent.
A strongly stoloniferous perennial up to 60 cm. high
Leaf laminae 3–12 mm. wide, obtuse to bluntly acute.
Culms 15–60 cm. high, the nodes pubescent.
Stoloniferous sward-forming perennial.
Racemes 2–5, each 3–10 cm. long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.4
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c4

Environment

Sub-humid and humid woodland and savannah, flourishing in moist soils.
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On pathsides and lawns in the forest zone.
Light 7-8
Soil humidity 8-8
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use fodder medicinal ornamental
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 23 - 30
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Axonopus compressus habit picture by pedrogc -- (cc-by-sa)
Axonopus compressus habit picture by Fonseca Wendel (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Axonopus compressus leaf picture by Munna . (cc-by-sa)
Axonopus compressus leaf picture by Georges LÉGER (cc-by-sa)
Axonopus compressus leaf picture by Georges LÉGER (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Axonopus compressus flower picture by Georges LÉGER (cc-by-sa)
Axonopus compressus flower picture by George Henry (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Axonopus compressus world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Andorra, Benin, Bangladesh, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Central African Republic, China, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Ecuador, Spain, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Indonesia, Jamaica, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Liberia, Madagascar, Myanmar, Mauritius, Norfolk Island, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Nepal, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Réunion, Solomon Islands, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Seychelles, Togo, Thailand, Tonga, Taiwan, Province of China, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Uruguay, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Wallis and Futuna, Samoa, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Axonopus compressus threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:392087-1
WFO ID wfo-0000852795
COL ID K4DH
BDTFX ID 1672
INPN ID 447894
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Synonyms

Axonopus brevipedunculatus Echinochloa compressa Paspalum filostachyum Paspalum macropodium Paspalum raunkiaeri Paspalum uniflorum Anastrophus platycaulis Axonopus arsenei Axonopus elongatus Axonopus kisantuensis Axonopus rosengurttii Digitaria platicaulis Paspalum compressum Paspalum laticulmum Anastrophus compressus Anastrophus platycaulmis Anastrophus platyculmis Anastrophus platyculmus Axonopus amplifolius Axonopus jesuiticus Digitaria domingensis Paspalum kisantuense Paspalum tenue Paspalum platycaulon Paspalum platyculmum Paspalum guadaloupense Agrostis compressa Paspalum depressum Digitaria uniflora Milium compressum Axonopus compressus subsp. brevipedunculatus Axonopus compressus var. australis Axonopus compressus var. itirapinensis Axonopus compressus var. jesuiticus Axonopus compressus var. macropodius Paspalum conjugatum var. subcordatum Paspalum furcatum var. parviflorum Panicum platycaulon Axonopus multipes Axonopus compressus var. compressus Paspalum tristachyum Axonopus compressus