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Pentameris aristifolia (Schweick.) Galley & H.P.Linder

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Pentameris

Characteristics

Annual about 250 mm high; glands absent. Leaf blade to 60 x to 4 mm, expanded, hairy; apex usually with a long slender aristae; margins scabrid; sheath mouth with a ring of bristles. Inflorescence open, 60-100 x 60-80 mm, with ±200 spikelets; pedicels not hidden by spikelets, glabrous; axils glabrous. Spikelet 2.5-3.0 mm long; glumes acute, base green, upper 2/3 purple, glabrous; lemma hairy all over; lateral awns 1.2-2.0 mm long, exserted from glumes; central awn 5-7 mm long (lower lemma may be awnless); palea glabrous; anthers 0.6 mm long.
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Annual, up to 250 mm tall, eglandular. Leaves linear, villous, apex with long slender setae; sheath mouth ringed with bristles; ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence an open panicle, 60-100 mm long. Spikelets 2.5-3 mm long, 2-flowered, both bisexual; glumes ± equal, as long as spikelet (excluding awns), 1-nerved; lemmas hairy, awned and lobed, central awn 5-7 mm long, basally twisted, awns well exserted; anthers 0.6 mm long.
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Growth form herb
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Distribution

Pentameris aristifolia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77111530-1
WFO ID wfo-0000922384
COL ID 76NT5
BDTFX ID 51004
INPN ID 112682
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Synonyms

Pentaschistis aristifolia Pentameris aristifolia
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