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Catapodium marinum (L.) C.E.Hubb.

Sea-fern grass (en), Catapode maritime (fr), Scléropoa marin (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Catapodium

Characteristics

Culms 3–24 cm high. Leaf blades flat, 1.3–5.5 cm long, 1–2.6 mm wide, with smooth margins, acute or blunt and rounded, adaxially minutely scabrous on veins, abaxially glabrous. Inflorescences narrowly oblong, 1.5–6.5 cm long; peduncles glabrous. Spikelets 4.7–8.5 mm long; bisexual florets imbricate to tip. Glumes: lower glume 1.9–3.4 mm long, 3-nerved; upper glume 2.1–3 mm long, 3 or 5-nerved, with midnerve glabrous. Basal lemma 2.4–3.4 mm long. Palea slightly thinner in texture than lemma. Caryopsis 0.6–0.8 mm wide.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread epizoochory
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Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.15
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Coastal in sandy soils. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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Cultivation

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Images

Flower

Catapodium marinum flower picture by Simon Brumby (cc-by-sa)
Catapodium marinum flower picture by Simon Brumby (cc-by-sa)
Catapodium marinum flower picture by Martin Bishop (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Catapodium marinum world distribution map, present in Australia, Bermuda, Cyprus, Algeria, Spain, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, Palau, Portugal, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Tunisia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:395160-1
WFO ID wfo-0000858498
COL ID RSFM
BDTFX ID 14801
INPN ID 89336
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Brachypodium rottboella Bromus loliaceus Catapodium borgesii Catapodium loliaceum Catapodium marinum Catapodium syrticum Desmazeria balearica Festuca marina Festuca rottboellia Poa loliacea Sclerochloa loliacea Triticum loliaceum Triticum maritimum Catapodium balearicum Desmazeria loliacea Desmazeria marina Desmazeria triticea Brachypodium loliaceum Festuca tenoriana Triticum rottboellia Demazeria marina Demazeria loliaceus Scleropoa loliacea Festuca rottboellioides Brachypodium loliaceum Catapodium loliaceum subsp. syrticum Catapodium loliaceum var. balearicum Catapodium marinum subsp. syrticum Catapodium marinum var. balearicum Desmazeria loliacea var. syrtica Desmazeria marina var. syrtica
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