WorldFloraDB - Diarrhena americana

Characteristics

Culms 5-12 dm; sheaths pubescent toward the top; blades 2-4 dm × 10-18 mm, with excentric midvein; infl long-exsert, 1-3 dm, drooping; spikelets at first subcylindric, soon flattened by the spreading of the lemmas; first glume triangular; second glume oblong, cuspidate; 2n=60. Moist woods. Two vars.

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Culms 5–12 dm; sheaths pubescent toward the top; blades 2–4 dm × 10–18 mm, with excentric midvein; infl long-exsert, 1–3 dm, drooping; spikelets at first subcylindric, soon flattened by the spreading of the lemmas; first glume triangular; second glume oblong, cuspidate; 2n=60. Moist woods. Two vars.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

-

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.5 - 1.2

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

-

Environment

Light
Soil humidity
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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

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:398452-1
WFO ID	wfo-0001096132
COL ID	35DWM
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Diarina festucoides Diarrhena arundinacea Roemeria zeae Diarrhena festucoides Festuca americana Korycarpus diandrus Diarrhena americana Diarrhena americana var. americana

WorldFloraDB 2024

Diarrhena americana P.Beauv.

American beakgrain (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Diarrhena