Hemarthria natans Stapf

Species

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Characteristics

Stoloniferous perennial; culms up to 2.5 m. long and 2–5 mm. in diameter, prostrate and rooting at the nodes below.. Leaf-blades flat, 4–15 cm. long, 2–5 mm. wide.. Racemes 3–7 cm. long, fastigiate in the axils and not or scarcely exserted from the axillary sheath.. Sessile spikelet elliptic-oblong with a triangular callus; lower glume 3.5–6 mm. long, with or without a constriction towards the apex, sharply acute to acuminate or caudate-acuminate; upper glume acute to acuminate.. Pedicelled spikelet narrowly triangular, 4–7 mm. long, truncate at the base without a callus, acute to acuminate.. Fig. 202.
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Sessile spikelet elliptic-oblong with a triangular callus; inferior glume 3.5 mm long, with or without a constriction towards the apex, sharply acute to acuminate or caudate-acuminate at the apex, or the apex minutely bidentate; superior glume acute to acuminate at the apex.
Pedicelled spikelet narrowly triangular, 4–7 mm long, truncate at the base and without a callus, acute to acuminate at the apex.
Stoloniferous perennial; culms up to 250 cm long and 2–5 mm in diameter, prostrate and rooting at the nodes below.
Racemes 3–7 cm long, fastigiate in the axils and not or scarcely exserted from the axillary sheath.
Leaf laminas 4–15 cm × 2–5 mm, flat.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Hemarthria natans world distribution map, present in Angola, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:404706-1
WFO ID wfo-0000874078
COL ID 3KK9R
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Synonyms

Hemarthria natans