Craspedorhachis digitata Kupicha & Cope

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Craspedorhachis

Characteristics

Caespitose perennial with wiry culms up to 75 cm tall, arising from a knotty base; lower leaf sheaths persistent, chartaceous; leaf laminas 2–10 cm × 1–2 mm, the lowermost flat, the uppermost involute and filiform.
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Spikelets 2.4–3.1 mm long; lemma c. 1.2 mm long, ovate, softly pilose on the nerves; palea softly pilose below.
Inflorescence of 1–5 digitate racemes, these 6–9 cm long with rhachis c. 0.5 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.75
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Craspedorhachis digitata world distribution map, present in Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:905904-1
WFO ID wfo-0000860662
COL ID Z62V
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Craspedorhachis digitata