Hyparrhenia newtonii var. newtonii Franch.

Variety

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Characteristics

Tufted perennial 300-1 000 mm high; rhizomatous; basal sheaths tomentose or glabrous. Leaf blade to 300 x to 3 mm. Raceme bases covered with stiff hairs, upper raceme base with a linear scarious appendage 3-4 mm long; raceme pairs with 2-4 awns. Sessile spikelet 6-10 mm long; lower glume glabrous or with a few hairs at apex; awn 25-55 mm long, hairs up to 2 mm long; callus acute to pungent, 1.5-2.0 mm long. Pedicellate spikelet, 5-10 mm long, glabrous, awn 1-5 mm long; anther 2.2 mm long.
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Perennial, rhizomatous and tufted, up to 1 m high. Leaf blades up to 300 mm long, up to 3 mm wide. Basal sheaths tomentose or glabrous. Spikelets (sessile) 6-10 mm long (lower glume glabrous or with a few hairs at tip, callus acute to pungent, 1.5-2.0 mm long). Raceme pairs with 2-4 awns 25-55 mm long; raceme bases covered with stiff hairs, upper raceme base with a linear scarious appendage 3-4 mm long.
Life form perennial
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Hyparrhenia newtonii var. newtonii world distribution map, present in Angola, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, eSwatini, Thailand, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Viet Nam, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77172000-1
WFO ID wfo-0001096186
COL ID 5PFDD
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Synonyms

Hyparrhenia bisulcata Hyparrhenia cirrosula Hyparrhenia squarrosula Hyparrhenia stolzii Cymbopogon lecomtei Hyparrhenia lecomtei Andropogon lecomtei Hyparrhenia newtonii var. newtonii