Pentameris pholiuroides (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Pentameris

Characteristics

Tufted annual 40-250 mm high; glume keels with sessile glands, rarely glands absent. Leaf blade 15-70 x 0.5-1.5 mm. Inflorescence spike-like, secund, 15-60 mm long; rachis triquetrous; spikelets arranged alternately, singly (rarely in pairs). Spikelet 3.1-7.5 x to 1.5 mm, awnless; lemma and palea glabrous; anthers 1.7-3.5 mm long.
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Annual to 30 cm. Leaves linear. Spikelets 2-ranked and alternate in a simple, secund spike to 60 mm long, spikelets arranged singly, glumes with glands sessile or subsessile, lemmas glabrous.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.04 - 0.25
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 7-9
Soil texture 5-6
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Pentameris pholiuroides world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77111655-1
WFO ID wfo-0000920960
COL ID 76NDK
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Prionanthium pholiuroides Prionachne pholiuroides Pentameris pholiuroides