Snowdenia microcarpha C.E.Hubb.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Snowdenia

Characteristics

Annual; culms weak, 15–30 cm. high, decumbent and rooting at the nodes below, rambling above.. Leaf-blades linear-lanceolate, 1–3 cm. long, 2–5 mm. wide; sheaths smooth, or pubescent near the top, not scabrid.. Racemes 2–4 cm. long.. Spikelets lanceolate, 3.5–4 mm. long; lower lemma acuminate to a slender awn 3–5 mm. long; upper lemma acute, mucronate.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.3
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Snowdenia microcarpha world distribution map, present in Uganda

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:422024-1
WFO ID wfo-0000900060
COL ID 6YTQF
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Synonyms

Snowdenia microcarpha