WorldFloraDB - Coleanthus subtilis

Characteristics

Culms spreading, forming small mat, branching at lower nodes, ascending up to 5(–10) cm. Leaf sheaths inflated; leaf blades ca. 1 cm × 1–4 mm, smooth, glabrous; ligule 0.5–3 mm. Panicle 0.5–3 cm; pedicels verticillate, 1–2 mm, setulose. Spikelets lanceolate; lemma 0.8–1.3 mm, vein scabrid; awn ca. 1 mm; palea 0.5–1 mm, keels scabrid or almost smooth. Anthers 0.3–0.4 mm. Caryopsis 1.7–2.1 mm, dark brown. Fl. and fr. spring to summer. 2n = 14.

Life form

annual

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

-

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

anemogamy

Spread

barochory

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.04 - 0.09

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

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	-

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Distribution

Conservation status

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:396552-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000860462
COL ID	WXMW
BDTFX ID	18585
INPN ID	92171
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Coleanthus subtilis Wilibalda subtilis Zizania subtilis Schmidtia subtilis Schmidtia utricularia Schmidtia utriculata Schmidtia utriculosa

WorldFloraDB 2024

Coleanthus subtilis Seidl ex Roem. & Schult.

Mossgrass (en), Coléanthe délicat (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Coleanthus