Pentameris malouinensis (Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Pentameris

Characteristics

Tufted perennial, 150-300 mm high; weakly geniculate; basal sheaths white, shiny, persistent; leaves basal; glands absent. Leaf blade up to 150 x 0.5 mm, expanded or rolled, scaberulous, margins scabrid, sheath mouth glabrous; ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence an open or spike-like panicle, 20-80 x 5-30 mm, nodes sparsely hairy; pedicels glabrous. Spikelets 3.5-4.5 mm long, laterally compressed, awnless; glumes ± equal, 1-nerved, rounded, apices brown and shortly puberulous. Florets 2; lemma acute, 7-9-nerved, hairy along nerves; palea hairy along keels; anther 2.0-2.2 mm long; ovary apex glabrous. Flowering time Nov.-Jan.
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Tufted perennial 150-300 mm high; weakly geniculate; stolons present; basal sheaths white, shiny, persistent; leaves basal; glands absent. Leaf blade to 150 x to 0.5 mm, expanded or rolled, scaberulous; margins scabrid; sheath mouth glabrous. Inflorescence open to spike-like, 20-80 x 5-30 mm, with 5-50 spikelets; pedicels glabrous; axils sparsely hairy. Spikelet 3.5-4.5 mm long, awnless; glumes rounded, apices brown, shortly hairy; lemma 2.5-3.0 mm long, acute, hairy along nerves; palea hairy along keels; anthers 2.0-2.2 mm long.
Perennial, up to 300 mm tall, eglandular. Leaves linear, often rolled; ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a lax open or contracted panicle, 20-80 mm long. Spikelets 3.4-4.5 mm long, yellow or green, apex brown, hairy, awnless, 2-flowered, both bisexual; glumes ± equal, as long as spikelet, 1-nerved; lemma hairy; anthers 2-2.2 mm long.
Perennial to 30 cm. Leaves linear, often rolled. Spikelets 3.4-4.5 mm long, in a lax, open or narrow panicle, glumes rounded, lemmas muticous.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 6-8
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Distribution

Pentameris malouinensis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77111559-1
WFO ID wfo-0000920985
COL ID 76NCV
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Synonyms

Achneria capensis Afrachneria capensis Eriachne malouinensis Pentameris malouinensis Pentaschistis steudelii