Pentameris cirrhulosa (Nees) Steud.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Pentameris

Characteristics

Tufted perennial 150-300 mm high; base glabrous; leaves basal; stalked, crateriform glands present on sheaths, pedicels and glumes. Leaf blade 30-70 x 0.5-3.0 mm, expanded or rolled, purplish; sheath mouth hairy. Inflorescence open, 30-60 x 15-50 mm, with ± 50 spikelets; pedicels not hidden by spikelets; axils hairy. Spikelet 5-9 mm long; glumes acuminate, silvery to straw or purple-coloured; lemma 3 mm long, hairy all over or only basally; lobes truncate-lacerate, hairy; lateral awns 1-7 mm long, extending to glume apices; central awn 7-20 mm long, geniculate; palea glabrous; anthers 2.0-2.5 mm long.
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Perennial to 1 m, with glands on leaf sheaths, pedicels, and glumes. Leaves linear, rolled or margins upcurved, truncate. Spikelets 5-9 mm long in an open panicle.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.3
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Soil texture 5-6
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Distribution

Pentameris cirrhulosa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:415311-1
WFO ID wfo-0000889253
COL ID 76NRF
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Synonyms

Pentameris cirrhulosa Pentaschistis burchellii Pentaschistis patuliflora