Piptatherum munroi Mez

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Piptatherum

Characteristics

Perennial, loosely tufted from a short rhizome. Culms 30–100 cm tall, 3–5-noded. Leaf sheaths smooth or scabrid; leaf blades linear, flat, 6–30 cm, 2–5 mm wide, abaxial surface glabrous, adaxial surface puberulous; ligule lanceolate, 2–5 mm. Panicle open, often ovate in outline, 10–25 cm; branches (1–)2(–3) per node, distant, ascending or widely spreading, longest up to 1/2 panicle length, scabrid, lower 2/3 bare. Spikelets gray-green or apex and margins purple; glumes lanceolate, 4.5–8 mm, papery, apex narrowly acuminate into sharp beak; callus glabrous; lemma lanceolate, 2.5–4.5(–5) mm, back pubescent, glabrescent along midline at maturity, apex acute, constricted at awn insertion; awn fine, caducous, 6–9 mm, straight or slightly flexuous. Anthers 1–2.5 mm, apex bearded. Fl. and fr. Jun–Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.95
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

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Distribution

Piptatherum munroi world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, China, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Nepal, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:416111-1
WFO ID wfo-0000890739
COL ID 4J733
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Synonyms

Oryzopsis munroi Oryzopsis stewartiana Piptatherum munroi Oryzopsis geminiramula Oryzopsis divulsa Oryzopsis kashmirensis Piptatherum songaricum Oryzopsis munroi var. parviflora Piptatherum munroi var. munroi Piptatherum munroi var. parviflorum