Elionurus tripsacoides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

Pan american balsamscale (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Elionurus

Characteristics

Loosely tufted perennial; culms 60–150 cm. high.. Leaf-blades narrow, often involute, 20–30 cm. long, 1–3 mm. wide, mainly cauline, filiform to subulate at the tip.. Racemes 3–12 cm. long, the branched culms bearing 3–20 axillary racemes; internodes glabrous to appressed pubescent, rarely with hairs up to 2 mm. long.. Sessile spikelet lanceolate; callus broadly cuneate, 1–2 mm. long; lower glume 4–6 mm. long, glabrous on the back or almost so with a brown oil streak bordering each keel, entire or bidentate (teeth up to 2 mm.).. Pedicelled spikelet lanceolate, 4–5 mm. long, glabrous, acute.
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Sessile spikelet lanceolate; callus 1–2 mm long, broadly cuneate; inferior glume 4–6 mm long, glabrous on the back or almost so, with a conspicuous brown oil-streak bordering each keel, entire or bidentate at the apex, the teeth up to 2 mm long.
Racemes 3–12 cm long, the branched culms bearing 3–20 axillary racemes gathered into a lax spathate false panicle; rhachis internodes glabrous or appressed-pubescent, rarely with spreading hairs up to 2 mm long.
Leaf laminas 20–30 cm × 1–3 mm, narrow, often involute, mainly cauline, filiform to subulate at the apex.
Pedicelled spikelet 4–5 mm long, lanceolate, glabrous, entire.
Loosely caespitose perennial; culms up to 150 cm high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 1.5
Root system fibrous-root
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Photosynthetic pathway c4

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Elionurus tripsacoides world distribution map, present in Angola, Åland Islands, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Georgia, Guatemala, Kenya, Namibia, Panama, Paraguay, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:400087-1
WFO ID wfo-0000865867
COL ID 6F5GM
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Elionurus tripsacoides subvar. brevidentatus Anatherum tripsacoides Elionurus tripsacoides Elionurus welwitschii Rottboellia ciliata Andropogon nuttallii Andropogon tripsacoides Elionurus nuttallianus Elionurus nuttallii Elionurus trapnellii Elionurus tripsacoides var. brevidentatus Elionurus tripsacoides var. sericeus Elionurus tripsacoides var. subcandidus Elionurus tripsacoides var. tripsacoides Elionurus tripsacoides subvar. sericeus Elionurus tripsacoides var. genuinus