Pentameris holciformis (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Pentameris

Characteristics

Tufted perennial 400-600 mm high; stolons present, basal sheaths forming a sheath of burnt-off leaf bases, or white, shiny, persistent; leaves basal; glands absent. Leaf blade 150-200 x to 0.5 mm, rolled, rigid, glabrous; sheath mouth hairy. Inflorescence open, 70-150 x 30-100 mm, with ±100 spikelets; pedicels glabrous; axils hairy. Spikelet 6-7 mm long; glumes acuminate, yellow, apices scaberulous; lemma 4.5-5.0 mm long, hairy all over; lateral awns absent or 0.1-0.9 mm long, not reaching glume apices; central awn 3-4 mm long, straight, erect; palea hairy all over; anthers 3.0-3.5 mm long.
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Neatly tufted perennial to 60 cm. Leaves linear, rolled rigid, margins hairy. Spikelets 6-7 mm long, in a lax panicle, lemmas awned, setae 0.3 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 0.6
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Soil texture 5-6
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Distribution

Pentameris holciformis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77111553-1
WFO ID wfo-0000920991
COL ID 76NDV
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Synonyms

Pentameris holciformis Danthonia holciformis Pentaschistis holciformis