Eriochloa fatmensis (Hochst. & Steud.) Clayton

Tropical cupgrass (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Eriochloa

Characteristics

Annual; culms 10–120 cm. high, erect or geniculately ascending.. Leaf-blades 3–30 cm. long, 2–10 mm. wide.. Inflorescence 3–20 cm. long; racemes 1–5 cm. long, the rhachis puberulous (occasionally pilose), triquetrous or narrowly winged, bearing paired spikelets; pedicels commonly setose, those of a pair usually free.. Spikelets lanceolate, (2.5–)3–5 mm. long, thinly pubescent; lower glume absent; upper glume attenuate to an awnlet 0.5–4 mm. long; lower floret represented only by a lemma; upper lemma with a mucro 0.3–1 mm. long.. Fig. 136.
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Annual 100-1 200 mm high, culms erect or geniculate. Leaf blade 30-300 x 2-10 mm. Inflorescence with several to many spike-like, ascending, one-sided racemes, not adpressed to main axis; rachis puberulous, occasionally pilose; spikelets paired. Spikelet (2.5-)3.0-5.0 mm long, sparsely pubescent; lower glume absent; upper glume with a short awn 0.5-4.0 mm long; lower floret sterile, palea absent; upper lemma awn 0.3-1.0 mm long; anther 0.5-1.0 mm long.
Annual; up to 1.2 m high. Culms erect or geniculate. Leaf blades 30-300 x 2-10 mm. Flowers: panicle open; branches several to many; ascending; spikelets (2.5-)3.0-5.0 mm long; lower glume apparently absent; upper glume with a short awn; lower floret sterile; palea absent.
An annual grass. It grows 10-120 cm high. It can be erect or bent upwards. The leaf blades are 3-30 cm long and 2-10 mm wide. The flower panicle is 3-20 cm long. The stalk can be 3 sided and hairy. The spikes are in pairs. The spikelets are sword shape and 3-5 mm long.
Inflorescence of 3–20 racemes, these 1–5 cm. long, bearing paired spikelets on a puberulous (occasionally pilose) triquetrous or narrowly winged rhachis; pedicels commonly setose, those of a pair usually free.
Inferior glume absent; superior glume attenuate to an awnlet 0.5–4 mm. long.
Spikelets (2.5)3–5 mm. long, lanceolate, thinly pubescent.
Culms 10–120 cm. high, erect or geniculately ascending.
Inferior floret represented only by a lemma.
Superior lemma with a mucro 0.3–1 mm. long.
Annual.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 1.2
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Environment

A tropical plant. It can grow in wet or dry conditions. It grows in damp conditions and in marshes and near lakes. It grows from sea level to 1,800 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places.
Light -
Soil humidity 4-12
Soil texture 1-2
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-12

Usage

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Edible seeds
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Eriochloa fatmensis world distribution map, present in Pakistan, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:402020-1
WFO ID wfo-0000869079
COL ID 3B3NQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 811497
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Synonyms

Digitaria acrotricha Eriochloa fatmensis Helopus acrotrichus Monachne acrotricha Paspalum barbatum Eriochloa punctata var. acrotricha Eriochloa acrotricha var. decumbens