Microchloa annua (Kupicha & Cope) Cope

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Microchloa

Characteristics

Caespitose annual; culms up to 35 cm tall, leafy throughout; leaf sheaths keeled, lanate, remaining intact; leaf laminas 0.5–3.5 cm × up to 3 mm, usually flat, with thickened whitish margins.
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Racemes terminal and axillary, 3.5–5.5 cm long, straight or gently falcate, sparsely to densely lanate at the base.
Spikelets 2-flowered, 2.4–2.5 mm long; fertile lemma 1.6–1.8 mm long; anthers 1.1–1.2 mm long.
Caryopsis not seen.
Life form annual
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.35
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Environment

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Usage

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Edible -
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Microchloa annua world distribution map, present in Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1009115-1
WFO ID wfo-0000879877
COL ID 6RFRG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Microchloa annua Rendlia annua