WorldFloraDB - Brachychloa schiemanniana

Characteristics

Perennial 150-300 mm high; stolons present. Leaf blade 40-80 x 5-8 mm, narrowly lanceolate, flat. Inflorescence of 10-15 short, erect or ascending racemes, raceme 15-40 mm long, persistent. Spikelet 4-7 mm long, 6-8(-10)-flowered; lower glume (1)3-nerved; upper glume 5-7-nerved; lemma 5-7-nerved, margins glabrous, floret appears gibbous due to palea which sticks out; anther 0.3-0.5 mm long.

More

Spikelets 4.5–5.5 mm long, oblong; glumes 2–3 mm long, narrowly lanceolate in profile, keeled, the inferior (1)3-nerved, the superior 5–7-nerved; lemmas 2.2–2.6 mm long, 5–7-nerved, gibbously ovate, lightly keeled, glabrous on the margins.

Stoloniferous perennial; culms up to 30 cm tall; leaf laminas 4–8 cm × 5–8 mm, narrowly lanceolate, flat, abruptly pointed at the apex.

Inflorescence 4–12 cm long, comprising 10–15 short, erect or ascending racemes; racemes 1.5–4 cm long, persistent.

Life form	perennial
Growth form
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	-
Spread	-
Mature width (meter)	-
Mature height (meter)	0.23 - 0.3
Root system	-
Rooting depth (meter)	-
Root diameter (meter)	-
Flower color	-
Blooming months	-
Fruit color	-
Fruiting months	-
Nitrogen fixer	-
Photosynthetic pathway	-

Environment

Light	-
Soil humidity	-
Soil texture
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)	-

Usage

Uses	-
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:910163-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000854315
COL ID	MVFG
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Brachychloa schiemanniana Heterocarpha schiemanniana

WorldFloraDB 2024

Brachychloa schiemanniana (Schweick.) S.M.Phillips

Species