Secale sylvestre Host

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Secale

Characteristics

Culms densely tufted, rarely solitary, erect but usually geniculate at base, ca. 40 cm tall, glabrous but pilose below spike. Leaf blade flat or involute, 5–10 × 0.2–0.3 cm, both surfaces glabrous or adaxial surface pubescent. Spike erect, 3–8 × 0.8–1 cm excluding awns; rachis fragile, margin ciliate; inter-nodes 3–4 mm. Spikelets with 2 or 3 florets. Glumes linear-subulate, 7–9 mm; awn ca. 20 mm. Lemma spinose-ciliate along keels. Caryopsis black-brown, ca. 5 mm, apex white hairy. Fl. and fr. Jun–Aug. 2n = 14.
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A grass. It forms dense tufts. It grows 40 cm tall. The leaf blade is 5-10 cm long by 2-3 mm wide. The seeds are 5 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant.
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Sandy soils.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 2-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses gene source
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Images

Fruit

Secale sylvestre fruit picture by Alexander Baransky (cc-by-sa)
Secale sylvestre fruit picture by Alexander Baransky (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Secale sylvestre world distribution map, present in Bulgaria, Belarus, China, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russian Federation, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:421194-1
WFO ID wfo-0000898589
COL ID 4W84J
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Secale campestre Triticum campestre Triticum fragile Triticum silvestre Secale fragile Secale glaucum d'urv. Secale sylvestre