Echinaria capitata (L.) Desf.

Échinaire à têtes (fr), Échinaire en tête (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Echinaria

Characteristics

An annual hermaphrodite herb. It grows 0.05-0.3m high.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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 -

Images

Leaf

Echinaria capitata leaf picture by John Walsh (cc-by-sa)
Echinaria capitata leaf picture by Blanca Antonio (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Echinaria capitata flower picture by John Walsh (cc-by-sa)
Echinaria capitata flower picture by Benito Soto Fernando (cc-by-sa)
Echinaria capitata flower picture by Laurence Chabalier (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Echinaria capitata world distribution map, present in Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Algeria, Spain, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Libya, Morocco, Palau, Portugal, Turks and Caicos Islands, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:399644-1
WFO ID wfo-0000865205
COL ID 38FSH
BDTFX ID 23362
INPN ID 95666
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Echinaria todaroana Echinaria spicata Reimbolea spicata Echinaria capitata f. pumila Panicastrella capitata Echinaria pumila Echinaria capitata var. pumila Echinaria capitata var. todaroana Cenchrus capitatus Echinaria capitata