Coleanthus Seidl ex Roem. & Schult.

Mossgrass (en), Coléanthe (fr)

Genus

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae

Characteristics

Dwarf ephemeral. Leaf blades broadly linear, flat or folded, falcate. Inflorescence a sparsely branched panicle, spikelets arranged in distant, compact, umbellate clusters, base enclosed in inflated, funnel-like uppermost leaf sheath. Spikelets laterally compressed, floret 1, rachilla extension absent; glumes absent; lemma ovate, hyaline, 1-veined, keeled, apex extended into a subulate cusplike awn; palea variable in size, frequently about 2/3 lemma length, broad, 2-toothed, keels extended into mucros. Lodicules absent. Stamens 2. Caryopsis elliptic-oblong, protruding from floret and shed from it at maturity; hilum oval.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

Coleanthus unspecified picture

Distribution

Coleanthus world distribution map, present in Austria, Belarus, China, Czech Republic, Germany, France, Italy, Norway, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17780-1
WFO ID wfo-4000008890
COL ID 8VWDP
BDTFX ID 86201
INPN ID 191024
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Coleanthus

Lower taxons

Coleanthus subtilis