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Pogonarthria fleckii (Hack.) Hack.

Species

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Characteristics

Spikelets up to 8 mm long, 3–6-flowered (rarely more), oblong to elliptic; rhachilla internodes terete, hairy towards the apex, rarely only scabrid; glumes lanceolate, the inferior (1.2)1.6–2.3(2.6) mm long, the superior (2.4)2.6–3.6 mm long; lemmas 3.2–5.6 mm long, elliptic-oblong to ovate-oblong, drawn out at the apex into a slightly recurved awn.
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Loosely caespitose annual; culms up to 40(70) cm tall, erect or geniculately ascending, often branched from the lower nodes; leaf laminas (1.5)2–12(15) cm × 1–4 mm, flat or involute, tapering to a fine point.
Inflorescence (3.5)10–20(25) cm long; racemes 0.8–2 cm long, usually spreading, sometimes ascending, rarely reclining.
Life form annual
Growth form graminoid
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Photosynthetic pathway c4

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Pogonarthria fleckii world distribution map, present in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:418477-1
WFO ID wfo-0000894415
COL ID 4KV7L
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Synonyms

Diplachne fleckii Pogonarthria fleckii Pogonarthria tuberculata
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