Isachne hoi Keng F.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Isachne

Characteristics

Perennial. Culms decumbent at base, rooting and branching at lower nodes, ascending to 45–85 cm tall, nodes glabrous, indistinctly glandular. Leaf sheaths shorter than internodes, glabrous except for stiffly ciliate outer margin; leaf blades lanceolate, 8–14 × 0.8–1.8 cm, abaxial surface scabrid-pubescent with short stiff papillose-based hairs, adaxial surface scaberulous, base rounded, apex acuminate; ligule ca. 2 mm. Panicle very open, 17–25 cm; primary branches inserted singly, divaricate, spikelets scattered; branches slender, flexuose, scaberulous, with elongate glandular patches; pedicels shorter than spikelets (except where terminating branchlets), shortest ca. 0.5 mm. Spikelets elliptic or obovate, ca. 2 mm, green or purplish green; glumes ovate, slightly shorter than florets at maturity, 7–9-veined, short stiff papillose-based hairs toward apex on lower glume and over most of back on upper glume, apex obtuse; florets similar, pilose, upper slightly shorter. Fl. and fr. Sep–Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.45 - 0.85
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Isachne hoi world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:405976-1
WFO ID wfo-0000875933
COL ID 3Q2TT
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Synonyms

Isachne hoi