Mosdenia leptostachys (Ficalho & Hiern) Clayton

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial 900 mm high; rhizomatous. Leaf blade 20-80 x 2-3 mm; margins scaberulous. Inflorescence a narrow, spike-like raceme; spikelets subsessile, not clustered. Spikelet 2.5-3.8 mm long, falling with glumes, awnless, often flushed with purple and glume midrib dark green; glumes glabrous, very dissimilar in shape and/or texture; lower glume nerve scabrid; upper glume as long as spikelet, flat-backed; lemma 1-3-nerved; palea present; anther 0.6-1.0 mm long.
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Perennial, rhizomatous (rhizome creeping), up to 0.9 m high. Leaf blades 20-80 mm long, 2-3 mm wide. Spikelets 2.50-3.75 mm long. Inflorescence narrowly spikelike; spikelets awnless, not clustered; glumes glabrous, 1-nerved; bisexual floret 1.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.9
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Light -
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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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Therapeutic use -
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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Mosdenia leptostachys world distribution map, present in Angola and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:408889-1
WFO ID wfo-0000880566
COL ID 44FZB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Mosdenia phleoides Sporobolus leptostachys Mosdenia leptostachys Mosdenia transvaalensis Mosdenia waterbergensis Perotis phleoides