Paspalidium gracile Hughes

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Paspalidium

Characteristics

A wiry tufted grass. It grows 50-80 cm high and spreads 50-80 cm wide. The rootstock is knotted. The stems are branched. The leaves are 14 cm long by 0.0.5-0.3 cm wide. They are long and narrow. They can be yellow green or deep green, The flower panicles are 25 cm long. There are 10 stalked flowers up to 2 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 0.8
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 0.8
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Environment

It can grow on rocky ground. It grows in arid warm temperate locations.
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Usage

Uses animal food food
Edible seeds
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Cultivation

It can be grown from seed or division of the creeping rootstock.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:413776-1
WFO ID wfo-0000887202
COL ID 4DVTV
BDTFX ID 51000
INPN ID 112474
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Synonyms

Panicum gracile Paspalidium gracile