Pentameris elegans Steud.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Pentameris

Characteristics

Tufted perennial 200-300 mm high; stolons present; basal sheaths brown, soon rotting away; leaves basal; glands absent. Leaf blade 20-30 x to 1 mm, expanded, flaccid; margins smooth; sheath mouth with a ring of bristles. Inflorescence open, 40-50 x 15-25 mm, with 2-10 spikelets; pedicels scaberulous; axils glabrous or hairy. Spikelet 7-9 mm long; glumes acuminate, yellow to greenish, scaberulous along keels; lemma 3 mm long, apex sparsely hairy; lateral awns 2 mm long, not reaching glume apices; central awn 15 mm long; palea as long as lemma; anthers golden brown.
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Cushion-forming perennial, culms to 30 cm. Leaves linear, villous beneath and on sheaths, sheath mouth with a ring of bristles. Spikelets 7-9 mm long, few in small panicles, lemmas awned.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.3
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Soil texture 5-6
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Pentameris elegans world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:415321-1
WFO ID wfo-0000889264
COL ID 76NRT
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Synonyms

Pentameris elegans