Panicum ephemerum Renvoize

Species

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Characteristics

Spikelets 3–3.5 mm. long, oblong or ovate oblong, glabrous, purple-tinged; inferior glume ovate, 1/2 the length of the spikelet, 3-nerved, acute; superior glume ovate-oblong, 7-nerved, bluntly acuminate, longer than the superior floret; inferior lemma similar to the superior glume, sterile, its palea absent; superior lemma and palea glossy, apiculate.
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Panicle 1.5–8 cm. long, narrowly oblong, very sparsely branched, the branches contracted, ascending or appressed to the axis, spikelets numbering 2–12 on each panicle.
Leaf laminae 9–16 cm. long, filiform, involute, glabrous, tapering to an abnipt point.
Annual with very slender, unbranched, erect culms 25–35 cm high.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.35
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Panicum ephemerum world distribution map, present in Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:411309-1
WFO ID wfo-0000884069
COL ID 4CDMG
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Panicum ephemerum