Danthoniopsis ramosa (Stapf) Clayton

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Danthoniopsis

Characteristics

Tufted shrub or dwarf shrub 450-600 mm high, culms profusely branched with many nodes. Leaf blade to 300 x 3 mm Inflorescence with spikelets borne singly or in pairs. Spikelet about 10 mm long, pale green to straw coloured, usually tinged with purple sometimes whole spikelet mostly purple; lower glume 3.5-6.5 mm long; upper glume 3-5-nerved; lower lemma 5-7-nerved, glabrous; upper lemma 5-nerved, loosely hairy, but no hairy tufts, lobes 2 mm long, acute, central awn 8-12 mm long; anther about 2 mm long.
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A tussock forming grass. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows up to 1 m high. The leaf blade is 30 cm long and 3 mm wide. The spikelets are 10 mm long. They occur singly or in pairs.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.45 - 0.6
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in hot arid places with a marked dry season. It grows in well-drained soils in rocky or sandy soils. It grows between 500-2,100 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places.
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Usage

Uses animal food food
Edible seeds
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Distribution

Danthoniopsis ramosa world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:397817-1
WFO ID wfo-0000862235
COL ID 344HQ
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Synonyms

Danthoniopsis ramosa Loudetia anomala Loudetia ramosa Rattraya ramosa Danthoniopsis anomala Pleioneura ramosa Rattraya anomala Trichopteryx ramosa Pleioneura anomala