Elionurus elegans Kunth

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Elionurus

Characteristics

Annual, 30–60 cm. high
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An annual grass.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in woodland and savannah woodland.
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Dry soils.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use material medicinal
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seeds or by division of the clump.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Elionurus elegans world distribution map, present in Benin, Central African Republic, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Chad, and Togo

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:400056-1
WFO ID wfo-0000865821
COL ID 6F3S5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Callichloea elegans Andropogon elegans Elionurus elegans