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Eragrostis pseudopoa C.E.Hubb.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Eragrostis

Characteristics

Caespitose perennial from a short underground rhixome; culms 50 cm. high, erect.. Leaf-blades flat, up to 10 cm. long and 3 mm. wide.. Panicle narrowly ovate, 7–11 cm. long, lax, the branches flexuous and nodding; pedicels slender, 4–12 mm. long.. Spikelets 5–8-flowered, ovate, 6–9 mm. long and 4–6 mm. wide, purple, breaking up from the base, the rhachilla persistent; glumes subequal, lanceolate, 4–5 mm. long, 1–3-nerved, acute; lemmas ovate-elliptic, 4–5 mm. long, membranous, neither granular nor rounded on the back, obtuse to truncate; palea falling soon after the lemma, the keels smooth; anthers 3, 2.5 mm. long.
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Tufted, erect, perennial up to 600 mm; rhizome short. Leaf blade 100 x 3 mm flat. Inflorescence lax, open, glandular, branches and pedicels slender, flexuous, nodding; pedicels 4-12 mm long. Spikelet 6-9 x 4-6 mm, ovate, purple; rachilla persistent, lemma and/or palea breaking up from base upwards; glumes subequal, lanceolate in side view, acute; lower glume nearly reaching to apex of lemma above; lemma 4-5 mm long, back rounded, membranous, apex obtuse to truncate; palea falling soon after lemma, keels smooth, wingless, margins not touching, narrowing upwards between keels and margins; anthers 2.5 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5
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Distribution

Eragrostis pseudopoa world distribution map, present in Tanzania, United Republic of and South Africa

Conservation status

Eragrostis pseudopoa threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:401471-1
WFO ID wfo-0000868306
COL ID 6FZJD
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Synonyms

Eragrostis pseudopoa
WorldFloraDB 2024