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Calamagrostis canescens (Weber) Roth

Purple smallreed (en), Calamagrostide lancéolée (fr), Calamagrostis des marais (fr), Calamagrostide des marais (fr), Calamagrostis lancéolé (fr), Calamagrostis blanchâtre (fr), Calamagrostide blanchâtre (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Calamagrostis

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite herb. It grows 0.3-0.7m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.7
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-9
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Diuretic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Calamagrostis canescens leaf picture by Azmi N. (cc-by-sa)
Calamagrostis canescens leaf picture by alfonscdj (cc-by-sa)
Calamagrostis canescens leaf picture by Bielefeld Thomas (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Calamagrostis canescens flower picture by Mikyska Bohumil (cc-by-sa)
Calamagrostis canescens flower picture by Bjørnar Hassel (cc-by-sa)
Calamagrostis canescens flower picture by Frans Nienhuis (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Calamagrostis canescens world distribution map, present in Austria, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Somalia, Sweden, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Ukraine

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77145450-1
WFO ID wfo-0000857129
COL ID PCDG
BDTFX ID 75006
INPN ID 87218
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Calamagrostis canescens f. geniculata Calamagrostis canescens f. ramiflora Agrostis lanceolata Arundo canescens Arundo lithuanica Arundo riparia Arundo vilnensis Calamagrostis x halleriana Calamagrostis vilnensis Calamagrostis calamagrostis Calamagrostis lithuanica Calamagrostis lanceolata Arundo calamagrostis Agrostis ramosa Arundo schleicheriana Calamagrostis gaudiniana Calamagrostis ramosa Calamagrostis schleicheri Achnatherum lanceolatum Calamagrostis canescens f. convoluta Calamagrostis canescens f. hirta Calamagrostis canescens f. hypacrathera Calamagrostis canescens f. macrathera Calamagrostis canescens f. pallida Calamagrostis canescens f. parviflora Calamagrostis canescens f. ramosa Calamagrostis lanceolata f. gracilis Calamagrostis lanceolata f. hirta Calamagrostis lanceolata f. macrathera Calamagrostis lanceolata f. pallida Calamagrostis lanceolata f. parviflora Calamagrostis obscura Calamagrostis lanceolata f. convoluta Calamagrostis lanceolata f. hypacrathera Calamagrostis calamagrostis f. rufescens Arundo gracilis Arundo leersii Arundo ramosa Athernotus lanceolatus Calamagrostis canescens subsp. vilnensis Calamagrostis canescens var. rudimentigera Calamagrostis halleriana var. gracilescens Calamagrostis lanceolata var. convoluta Calamagrostis lanceolata var. geniculata Calamagrostis lanceolata var. pallida Calamagrostis lanceolata var. rudimentigera Calamagrostis lanceolata var. somalensis Calamagrostis villosa var. gracilescens Calamagrostis canescens f. rufescens Calamagrostis lanceolata f. ramiflora Calamagrostis lanceolata f. viridis Calamagrostis canescens f. gracilis Calamagrostis canescens f. viridis Calamagrostis canescens
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