Capeochloa setacea (N.P.Barker) N.P.Barker & H.P.Linder

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Capeochloa

Characteristics

Perennial 730-1000 mm high; rhizome short; base of plant glabrous; culm base bulbous, glabrous, straw-coloured. Leaf blade to 150 x ± 1 mm, basal, short and pungent. Inflorescence to 150 mm long, contracted, shortly branched. Spikelet 12-15 x 4-6 mm (excluding awns); glumes 9-13 mm long, 1-nerved; 3(-4)-flowered; lemma 8.5-11.0 mm long including 5-7 mm long lobes, awn to 5 mm long, back glabrous except for one tuft of white hairs on each margin halfway up lemma body; central awn 11-15 mm long, geniculate near base; anther 3.0-3.5 mm long.
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Perennial to 1 m, bulbous below. Leaves linear, rolled, short and pungent. Spikelets in a contracted panicle, glumes 1-nerved, lemmas 8-11 mm long, with a tuft of hairs on each margin, awn 11-15 mm long, geniculate.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.73 - 1.0
Root system rhizome
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Environment

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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

Capeochloa setacea world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77111497-1
WFO ID wfo-0000923187
COL ID QQ4R
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Merxmuellera setacea Capeochloa setacea