Pentameris capillaris (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Pentameris

Characteristics

Robust annual 80-400 mm high; stalked, crateriform glands on leaves and pedicels. Leaf blade to 50 x to 5 mm, expanded, hairy; margins scabrid; sheath mouth hairy. Inflorescence open, 40-100 x 30-80 mm, with 100-300 spikelets; pedicel glabrous; axils hairy. Spikelet 3 mm long, awnless; glumes obtuse, green, scaberulous all over; lemmas 1.5-2.0 mm long, truncate, glabrous; palea glabrous; anthers 1.5-2.0 mm long.
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Annual, up to 400 mm tall, with glandular leaves and pedicels. Leaves linear, villous beneath; ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence an open panicle, 40-100 mm long. Spikelets 3 mm long, glabrous, awnless; glumes ± equal, as long as spikelet, 2-flowered, both bisexual; 1-nerved; lemma glabrous; anthers 1.5-2 mm long.
Annual to 40 cm, with stalked glands on leaves and pedicels. Leaves linear, villous beneath. Spikelets ± 3 mm long, in an open panicle, glumes obtuse, lemmas muticous.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.24 - 0.4
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Soil texture 5-6
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Distribution

Pentameris capillaris world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77111541-1
WFO ID wfo-0000922397
COL ID 76NTC
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Synonyms

Holcus capillaris Pentameris capillaris Andropogon capillaris Sorghum capillaris