Pogonarthria squarrosa (Licht.) Pilg.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Pogonarthria

Characteristics

Tufted perennial or possibly sometimes annual, 270-1400 mm high; rhizome short. Leaf blade 40-330 x 2.0-5.5 mm; sheath glabrous. Inflorescence of racemes ascending or spreading, usually falcately curved upwards. Spikelet 3.3-7.8 mm long, 4-10-flowered; glumes lanceolate, dark reddish brown; lower glume 0.8-1.5 mm long, acute; upper glume 1.6-2.3 mm long, acuminate; lemma ovate-lanceolate, sharply acuminate to shortly awned; anther 0.9-1.3 mm long.
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Perennial; up to 1.4 m high; tufted or with a short rhizome. Leaf blades 40-330 x 2.0-5.5 mm; leaf sheaths glabrous. Flowers: in elongated; digitate racemes; usually falcately curved upwards; spikelets 3.3-7.8 mm long; spikelets 4-10-f lowered; lower glume 0.8-1.5 mm long; upper glume 0.8-1.5 mm long.
Perennial, tufted, with a short rhizome, 270-1400 mm high. Leaves: sheaths glabrous; blades 40-330 x 2.0-5.5 mm, expanded or folded, flaccid; ligule an unfringed membrane (0.5-)2.0-5.0 mm long. Spikelets 4-10-flowered; lower glume 0.8-1.5 mm long; upper glume 0.8-1.5 mm long. Flowering time Nov.-May.
Perennial, tufted (or with a short rhizome), up to 1.4 m high. Leaf blades 40-330 mm long, 2.0-5.5 mm wide, leaf sheaths glabrous. Spikelets 3.3-7.8 mm long. Racemes usually falcately curved upwards; spikelets 4-10-flowered; lower glume 0.8-1.5 mm long; upper glume 0.8-1.5 mm long.
A grass. It keeps growing from year to year and forms tufts. It grows 1.4 m tall.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.4
Root system rhizome
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Photosynthetic pathway c4

Environment

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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food food material medicinal
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Cultivation

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Images

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Distribution

Pogonarthria squarrosa world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sudan, eSwatini, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1080583-2
WFO ID wfo-0000894422
COL ID 4KV7S
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Diplachne menyharthii Leptochloa falcata Pogonarthria falcata Pogonarthria squarrosa Melica festucoides Eragrostis marlothii Leptochloa marlothii Pogonarthria menyharthii Pogonarthria falcata var. condensata Poa squarrosa Pogonarthria hackelii Pogonarthria orthoclada