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Miscanthus ecklonii (Nees) Mabb.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Miscanthus

Characteristics

Tufted, robust perennial, up to 2.4 m high. Leaf blade up to 90 x 16 mm, expanded. Inflorescence a large, plumose panicle; rachis tough, internodes and pedicels slender, free; spikelets paired, unequally pedicelled, similar in form and function. Spikelets 4-6 mm long, dorsiventrally compressed; glumes ± equal, as long as spikelet, very dissimilar, awnless; lower glume ± flattened on back, 2-keeled with inflexed margins; upper glume 1-keeled. Florets 2; lower floret sterile, hyaline, less firm than glumes; upper floret bisexual; lemma less firm than glumes, awn as long as to longer than body of lemma. Flowering time Nov.-Apr.
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Perennial; up to 2.4 m high; often robust; rhizomatous; tufted. Leaf blades up to 90 x 16 mm; expanded; sometimes folded or narrowed to midrib near base. Flowers: panicle contracted; 200-450 mm long; spikelets 3-6 mm long; callus hairs 1/4-1/3 length of spikelet; upper lemma not awned or awn up to 7 mm long.
A grass. A herb. It is an erect grass and can keep growing from year to year. It is a very robust plant. It grows 3 m high. The flowering shoots are 40 cm long. They are brownish. The spikelets have stalks.
Robust perennial to 2.4 m. Leaves linear-lanceolate. Spikelets in a large silky panicle, reddish, 4-6 mm wide, awned.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.4 - 2.7
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Environment

It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It grows in soils that are sometimes waterlogged. It can grow in arid places. In Swaziland it grows in the high veld only.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 4-8
Soil texture 3-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The rhizome (tubers) is chewed raw.
Uses environmental use food gene source medicinal
Edible rhizomes roots seeds
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Distribution

Miscanthus ecklonii world distribution map, present in Angola, Lesotho, eSwatini, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:914243-1
WFO ID wfo-0000880242
COL ID 43MPQ
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Synonyms

Erianthus ecklonii Erianthus sorghum Miscanthidium erectum Miscanthidium sorghum Miscanthus capensis Miscanthus ecklonii Miscanthus sorghum Saccharum capense Erianthus pungens Miscanthidium capense Saccharum ecklonii Saccharum sorghum Erianthus capensis var. angustifolius Erianthus capensis var. ecklonii Erianthus capensis var. villosus Miscanthidium capense var. villosum Erianthus capensis
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