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Poa flabellata Raspail

Species

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Characteristics

A grass. It keeps growing from year to year. The stalks can be 0.5-2 m tall and 2-5 mm across. The stems grow as a clump with a ring of leaves at the top.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. In Argentina it grows below 800 m above sea level. It is often along the coast on rocks.
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Coastal rocks and peats, often in coastal bogs.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

The lower part of the leaf stalk is chewed and eaten.
Uses material medicinal
Edible leaves stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Poa flabellata unspecified picture

Distribution

Poa flabellata world distribution map, present in Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:417047-1
WFO ID wfo-0000892323
COL ID 4KLSZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Festuca antarctica Parodiochloa flabellata Dactylis caespitosa Festuca urvilleana Poa forsteri Festuca caespitosa Festuca flabellata Poa caespitosa Poa controversa Sesleria americana Dactylis caespitosa Poa controversa var. minor Poa flabellata
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