Eragrostis rogersii C.E.Hubb.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Eragrostis

Characteristics

Spikelets 5.5–17 × 3–4 mm, ovate-elliptic to oblong, strongly laterally compressed, 7–36-flowered, the florets disarticulating from the apex downwards, the rhachilla fragile; glumes subequal, 2.5–4 mm long, reaching to c. 3/4 the way along the adjacent lemmas, keeled, lanceolate in profile, scabrid on the keel, glabrous or ciliolate on the margins, acute at the apex; lemmas 3.2–3.5 mm long, keeled, ovate-oblong in profile, firmly membranous with distinct lateral nerves, slightly diverging from the rhachilla but those in opposite rows overlapping and concealing the rhachilla, green or pallid variegated with purple, scaberulous on the keel, faintly asperulous on the flanks, acute to subacute and often mucronate at the apex; palea glabrous on the flanks, the keels slender, wingless, scabrid above, stiffly ciliolate below; anthers 3, 1–1.5 mm long.
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Caespitose annual; culms up to 70 cm tall, erect or ascending, branched or unbranched, glabrous at the nodes, the internodes with scattered crateriform glands especially below the nodes; leaf sheaths with scattered crateriform glands mostly on the midnerve; ligule a line of hairs; leaf laminas 3–10 cm × 2.5–5 mm, broadly linear, flat or involute, loosely pilose above or glabrous, with scattered crateriform glands on the midnerve beneath and a few along the margins, green or glaucous, stiff and somewhat pungent.
Panicle 8–16 cm long, elliptic-ovate to narrowly oblong-ovate, the spikelets evenly distributed on stiff pedicels 1.5–6 mm long, the primary branches stiffly ascending or spreading, loosely racemose (rarely themselves branched), not in whorls, terminating in a fertile spikelet, shortly pilose in the axils, with crateriform glands along the main axis, branches and pedicels, these sometimes numerous, rarely absent.
Caryopsis 0.5–0.6 mm long, broadly elliptic to subrotund.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.7
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Eragrostis rogersii world distribution map, present in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:401520-1
WFO ID wfo-0000868367
COL ID 6FZLL
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Synonyms

Eragrostis rogersii