Pentameris velutina (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Pentameris

Characteristics

Tufted perennial 300-600 mm high; base swollen, densely woolly hairy; basal sheath brown, soon rotting away; obscure linear glands on pedicels only. Leaf blade to 180 x 1-2 mm, rolled, rigid, inner surface glabrous or hairy; margins scabrid; sheath mouth hairy. Inflorescence open, 70-180 x 60-120 mm, with ±100 spikelets; pedicels and axils glabrous. Spikelet 12-15 mm long; glumes acuminate, straw-coloured, hairy basally or all over; lemma 3-4 mm long, hairy along nerves, hairs 0.4-0.8 mm long, longest towards apex; lateral awn 9-13 mm long, exserted from glumes; central awn 20-25 mm long; palea hairy in upper third; anthers 2.5 mm long.
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Perennial to 60 cm, culms 1-few, with a swollen, woolly base. Leaves linear, with hairs on adaxial surface directly above ligule often as a web of interlocking hairs. Spikelets 12-15 mm long, in a wide, lax panicle, awned, pedicels with obscure linear glands.
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Growth form herb
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Distribution

Pentameris velutina world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77111673-1
WFO ID wfo-0000920964
COL ID 76NH6
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Synonyms

Pentameris velutina Pentaschistis velutina