Pentameris obtusifolia (Hochst.) Schweick.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Pentameris

Characteristics

Woody perennial 400-1500(-3000) mm high, scandent, sometimes branched; leaves cauline. Leaf blade 25-150 x 7 mm, rolled, rigid, apex tapering into a blunt point. Inflorescence contracted, 50-130 mm long, with 8-45 spikelets. Spikelet 18-25 x 2-6 mm; glumes glabrous; lemma 4.5-6.0 mm long, 9-nerved; lateral awns 9-11 mm long; central awn 19-24 mm long; anthers 4.0-5.5 mm long; ovary apex with tufts of white hairs; fruit 4 mm long, pericarp brittle.
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Perennial with branched culms from woody base, sometimes to 3 m. Leaves cauline, linear, firm and rolled, to 12 cm. Spikelets in a contracted, ovoid panicle, lower glumes 18-25 mm long, lemmas 4.5-6.0 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 5-7
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Distribution

Pentameris obtusifolia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:415339-1
WFO ID wfo-0000889286
COL ID 76NDB
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Synonyms

Avena rigida Danthonia rigida Pentameris obtusifolia