Ehrharta longifolia Schrad.

Species

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Characteristics

Tufted perennial to 1 200 mm high; rhizomatous; lowest culm node bulbous, 'bulb' spherical, pale orange, dull. Leaf blade 70-200 x to 5 mm, rolled, erect. Spikelet 10-12 mm long; glumes ± equal, 2/3 as long as spikelet; sterile lemmas similar, tufted hairs at base, weakly transversely ribbed, margins straight from base to apex; 2nd sterile lemma without an ear-like appendage at base; anther 4.8-5.2 mm long.
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Perennial to 1.2 m. Leaf blades rolled to tightly rolled, culm base swollen, orange, matt, spherical. Spikelets in a verticillate panicle, straw-coloured and purple, glumes to as long as spikelet, sterile lemmas corrugate, glabrous, truncate to mucronate, the second strongly constricted basally.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 0.7
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Environment

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Soil texture 5-6
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Ehrharta longifolia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:399862-1
WFO ID wfo-0000865584
COL ID 38V3P
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Trochera varicosa Ehrharta longifolia Ehrharta varicosa Ehrharta longifolia var. robusta