Eragrostis multicaulis Steud.

Éragrostide à tiges nombreuses (fr), Andropogon pied-de-poule (fr), Éragrostis à tiges nombreuses (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Eragrostis

Characteristics

Annual. Culms tufted, erect or ascending, geniculate at base. Leaf sheaths glabrous at summit or with a few short hairs, compressed; ligules a line of hairs, 0.2–0.1 mm; leaf blades usually flat, 3–9 cm × 0.5–2.5 mm, glabrous. Panicle open, 4.5–9 × 1.5–3 cm; branches solitary or in pairs but base branches nearly whorled, glabrous in axils; pedicels usually shorter than spikelets. Spikelets dark green, 2.5–4.5 mm, 3–10-flowered. Glumes membranous, falling off at maturity, lower glume narrow, veins obscure, ca. 0.6 mm, upper glume oblong-ovate, 1-veined, ca. 1 mm. Lemmas membranous, semi-ovate in side vein, ca. 1.5 mm, middle vein keeled, falling off at maturity. Palea membranous, ca. 1 mm, apex blunt, along 2 keels ciliolate, persistent or tardily falling off at maturity. Stamens 3; anthers ca. 0.2 mm. Caryopsis ca. 0.8 mm, striate. Fl. and fr. late summer. 2n = 40.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
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Photosynthetic pathway c4

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Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-7
Soil texture 3-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-12

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Images

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Distribution

Eragrostis multicaulis world distribution map, present in Austria, Switzerland, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Algeria, France, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Madagascar, Myanmar, Mauritius, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Thailand, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:401335-1
WFO ID wfo-0000868088
COL ID 6FZTW
BDTFX ID 24660
INPN ID 96614
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Eragrostis pilosa f. multicaulis Eragrostis multicaulis Eragrostis niwahokori Glyceria airoides Eragrostis damiensiana Eragrostis peregrina Eragrostis pulchra Poa suzumeokatabica Eragrostis damiensiana var. condensata Eragrostis pilosa subsp. damiensiana Eragrostis pilosa subsp. multicaulis Eragrostis pilosa var. condensata Eragrostis pilosa var. damiensiana