Eriochrysis pallida Munro

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Eriochrysis

Characteristics

Tufted perennial, 400-900 mm high. Leaf blade 100-240 x 1-4 mm. Inflorescence contracted, of several short, spike-like racemes, ± appressed along central axis, fulvous or rufous; rachis fragile; internodes and pedicels linear to clavate; spikelets paired: one sessile, the other pedicelled. Sessile spikelet 3.5-5.0 mm long, dorsiventrally compressed, awnless; glumes ± equal, dissimilar. Florets 2; lower floret reduced to a hyaline, lanceolate lemma, awnless; upper floret bisexual; lemma less firm than glumes, entire, hyaline, mucronate; golden callus hairs longer than spikelet; anther 1.5-2.0 mm long. Pedicelled spikelet similar but slightly smaller than sessile one. Flowering time all year.
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Caespitose perennial; culms 40–90 cm. high.. Leaf-blades 6–20 cm. long, 1–3 mm. wide.. Inflorescence narrowly oblong to oblong, 3–10 cm. long, comprising 5–14 racemes; racemes 1–3 cm. long.. Sessile spikelet narrowly elliptic, 3.5–5 mm. long, the callus bearded with tawny hairs overtopping the spikelet; lower glume thinly coriaceous, shining, the nerves indistinct, ciliate on the margins; upper glume pilose on the keel above.. Pedicelled spikelet 3 mm. long.
Tufted perennial 400-900 mm high. Leaf blade 100-240 x 1-4 mm. Inflorescence 45-80 mm long; racemes 10-25 mm long. Sessile spikelet 3.5-5.0 mm long; callus hairs golden, longer than the spikelet; anther 1.5-2.0 mm long.
Perennial. Tufted. 400-900 mm tall. Leaf blades 100-240 mm long, 1-4 mm wide. Spikelets (sessile) 3.5-5.0 mm long (pedicellate shorter). Golden callus hairs longer than spikelets.
Sessile spikelet 3.5–6 mm long, its callus barbate with tawny hairs longer than the spikelet.
Inflorescence 3–14 cm long, linear to oblong, of 3–14 racemes each 1–4 cm long.
Inferior glume thinly coriaceous, shining, its nerves indistinct.
Perennial, about 1·2 m. high
Caespitose perennial.
Culms 30–90 cm high.
Life form perennial
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Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 0.9
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Swampy soils.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Eriochrysis pallida world distribution map, present in Angola, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Guinea, Nigeria, eSwatini, Tanzania, United Republic of, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:402083-1
WFO ID wfo-0000869171
COL ID 3B3QP
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Synonyms

Eriochrysis munroana Eriochrysis pallida Saccharum munroanum Saccharum pallidum