Characteristics
A herb. It is an erect grass that keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1.2 m high. It has thickened bulbs near the base of the flower stem. It can have 1-4 bulbs on a stalk and these are 5-45 mm long by 3017 mm wide. The leaves are flat and 9 mm wide. There are prickly hairs on the surface of the leaf. The flowering spikes are 45-165 mm long. It out-breeds and cannot pollinate itself. Plants can have 2 or 4 sets of chromosomes.
| Life form |
perennial
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| Growth form |
herb
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| Growth support |
free-standing
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| Foliage retention |
deciduous
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| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
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| Pollination |
anemogamy
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| Spread |
epizoochory
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
1.2
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| Root system |
-
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| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
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| Root diameter (meter) |
-
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| Flower color |
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| Blooming months |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | | Apr | May | Jun | | Jul | Aug | Sep | | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Fruit color |
-
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| Fruiting months |
-
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| Nitrogen fixer |
-
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| Photosynthetic pathway |
c3
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Environment
It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It grows in dry soils. It can grow in arid places. It can grow in areas with 300-400 mm rainfall.
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| Soil humidity |
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| Soil acidity |
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Usage
The grains are used as food. They are ground into flour and used as a cereal for bread or porridge. The roots are chewed and sometimes eaten. The bulbs are eaten fresh.
Cultivation
Can be grown by seedlings.
| Mode |
seedlings
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| Germination duration (days) |
-
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
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| Germination luminosity |
-
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| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Optimum temperature (C°) |
13 - 23
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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