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Microchloa altera Stapf

Species

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Characteristics

Densely caespitose perennial forming compact mats; culms glabrous to woolly-tomentose, up to 50(70) cm tall, the leaves mostly confined to the base; leaf sheaths splitting at the base into a cushion of fibres; leaf laminas 3–25 cm × up to 1.5 mm, often filiform.
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Spikelets 2(3)-flowered, 4.4–5 mm long; inferior glume glabrous; superior glume glabrous, crispate-hirsute or with a barbellate line on either side of the midnerve; fertile lemma 3.5–4.5 mm long; anthers 1.5–2 mm long.
Raceme 2–7(9) cm long, straight or curved, glabrous to woolly-tomentose at the base.
Caryopsis 1.5–2.2 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Microchloa altera world distribution map, present in eSwatini, Tanzania, United Republic of, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:408451-1
WFO ID wfo-0000879875
COL ID 73FPF
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Synonyms

Harpochloa altera Enteropogon muticus Rendlia altera Rendlia mutica Rendlia nelsonii Microchloa altera var. nelsonii Microchloa altera Rendlia cupricola Rendlia obtusifolia
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