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

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Pentameris

Characteristics

Cushion-forming perennial about 120 mm high, soft, pale green; basal sheaths brown, soon rotting away; leaves basal; glands absent. Leaf blade to 25 x to 1.5 mm, expanded or rolled, rigid, glabrous or hairy; margins smooth; sheath mouth with a ring of bristles. Inflorescence open, 20 x 15 mm, with ± 10 spikelets; pedicels not hidden by spikelets, scaberulous; axils glabrous. Spikelet 2.5-3.0 mm long, awnless, floret(s) 1, occasionally 2; glumes obtuse to acute, purplish-green, glabrous; lemma 1.5-3.0 mm long, hairy; palea glabrous or hairy with sparsely scattered hairs; anthers 1.8 mm long.
More
Cushion-forming perennial to 12 cm. Leaves linear, rigid, sometimes rolled, sparsely hairy above, recurving with age. Spikelets 2.5-3.0 mm long, single-flowered, in an open panicle, lemmas muticous.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.12
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 10-12
Soil texture 7-9
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Pentameris pusilla world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77111661-1
WFO ID wfo-0000920954
COL ID 76NFW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Colpodium pusillum Pentameris pusilla Pentaschistis pusilla