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Schizachyrium lopollense (Rendle) Sales

Species

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Characteristics

Sessile spikelet 5.5–7.5 mm long, 1/3–1/2 as long again as the pedicel, linear-ovate, dorsally compressed, rounded at the base; inferior glume slightly convex; superior lemma bilobed to less than 1/3 its length, the lobes slender and often contiguous to the awn (thus the lemma appearing entire), not keeled, with 2 purple nerves; awn terminal, 4–9 mm long, geniculate; anthers 2.7–3 mm long.
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Racemes 1.5–3.5 cm long, silvery with usually dense long hairs 3–4 mm long on the internodes, pedicels and inferior glume, shortly exserted from the linear spatheole; peduncles longer than the racemes; internodes and pedicels terete.
Densely caespitose, rhizomatous perennial, ± reddish-purple; culms slender, up to 50 cm high, branched; internodes terete, filiform at the base but wider at the top.
Leaves mostly basal, often falcate, green; sheaths shorter than the internodes, glabrous; laminas 1–3.5 cm × c. 2 mm, keeled, tapering to a fine point.
Pedicelled spikelet male, 4.5–5.5 mm long, similar to the sessile spikelet but awnless.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Schizachyrium lopollense world distribution map, present in Angola, Mozambique, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20008677-1
WFO ID wfo-0000898125
COL ID 4V9XB
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Synonyms

Schizachyrium lopollense Andropogon lopollensis
WorldFloraDB 2024