Helictotrichon sempervirens (Vill.) Pilg.

Blue oat grass (en), Avoine sempervirente (fr), Hélictotrichon toujours vert (fr), Avoine toujours verte (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Helictotrichon

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen herb. It grows 0.9-1.35m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.9 - 1.35
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 6-9
Soil humidity 2-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 5-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Helictotrichon sempervirens leaf picture by michel scandella (cc-by-sa)
Helictotrichon sempervirens leaf picture by Thérèse Petit Seiller (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Helictotrichon sempervirens world distribution map, present in France and Italy

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:404631-1
WFO ID wfo-0000873987
COL ID 6LKHR
BDTFX ID 31437
INPN ID 101122
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Avena involuta Avena notarisii Avena sesquitertia Avena striata Avenastrum sempervirens Helictotrichon sempervirens Heuffelia sempervirens Trisetum striatum Avena fallax Avena sempervirens Arrhenatherum sempervirens Avenula sempervirens Avena sempervirens subsp. notarisii Avena sempervirens var. notarisii Avena sempervirens var. pubescens Helictotrichon sempervirens var. pubescens Avena sempervirens var. notarisii