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Sacciolepis striata Nash

American cupscale (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Sacciolepis

Characteristics

Perennial; culms commonly 1-2 m. long, usually decumbent-spreading, rooting at the lower nodes, glabrous; sheaths, except the uppermost, shorter than the inter-nodes, glabrous or more or less papillose-hirsute, the margins ciliate; ligule very short, minutely ciliate; blades 4-20 cm. long, 2-5 mm., rarely 15 mm., wide, glabrous or sparsely pilose, the margins scabrous; panicles 6-20 cm. long, narrow and rather dense, interrupted, especially toward the base, the branches appressed; spikelets 4 mm. long, glabrous; fruit about 1.6 mm. long.
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Perennial; culms glabrous, to 1 m or more, rooting from the lower nodes and often decumbent at base; sheaths ciliate distally, the lower often densely papillose-hirsute; ligule a band of hairs 2–3 mm; blades elongate, 6–10 mm wide, glabrous or the lower papillose-hirsute; panicles solitary, 8–15 cm; spikelets glabrous, 4–4.7 mm; first glume 1–1.4 mm; 2n=36. Swamps, ditches, and muddy ground, chiefly on the coastal plain, occasionally inland; s. N.J. to Fla., Tenn., Okla., Tex., and the W.I.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.9
Root system fibrous-root
Rooting depth (meter) 0.3
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c4

Environment

Light 7-8
Soil humidity 2-2
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Sacciolepis striata world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Brazil, Cuba, Dominica, Georgia, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Suriname, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:225091-2
WFO ID wfo-0000896854
COL ID 6WYJV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 732385
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Synonyms

Sacciolepis striata f. gibba Holcus striatus Panicum bermudianum Panicum hydrophilum Panicum striolatum Sacciolepis striata Panicum fluitans Panicum gibbum Sacciolepis gibba Hymenachne striata Panicum boscianum Panicum elliotianum Panicum striatum Sorghum striatum
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