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Eriochloa macclounii Stapf

Species

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Characteristics

Annual; culms 60–180 cm. high, erect.. Leaf-blades 8–60 cm. long, 3–12 mm. wide.. Inflorescence 6–25 cm. long; racemes 3–6 cm. long, with pubescent to pilose (rarely puberulous) triquetrous rhachis bearing paired spikelets.. Spikelets lanceolate, 3.5–5 mm. long, pubescent to pilose; lower glume absent; upper glume attenuate to an awn-point 1–3 mm. long; lower floret with a palea; upper lemma with a mucro 1–2 mm. long.
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Inflorescence of 5–many racemes, these 3–6 cm. long bearing paired spikelets on a pubescent to triquetrous rhachis.
Inferior glume absent; superior glume attenuate to an awn-point 1–3 mm. long.
Spikelets 3.5–5 mm. long, lanceolate, pubescent to pilose.
Superior lemma with a mucro 1–2 mm. long.
Inferior floret with a palea.
Culms 60–180 cm. high, erect.
Annual.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 1.8
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Eriochloa macclounii world distribution map, present in Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, United Republic of, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:402033-1
WFO ID wfo-0000869096
COL ID 3B3P5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Eriochloa macclounii
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