Sorghastrum stipoides Nash

Needle indiangrass (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Sorghastrum

Characteristics

Tufted perennial up to 1500 mm high; lowest culm node up to 10 mm long. Leaf blade to 450 x 2-5 mm, base tightly rolled, narrower than middle portion of blade; erect auricles present; ligule a fringed membrane, hairs minute, shorter than membrane. Inflorescence 200 mm long, spikelets paired, all alike, each pair with one sessile spikelet and an empty pedicel. Spikelet 4-7 mm long; upper lemma awn 8-16 mm long, never straight, always bent and twisted; anther 2.0-2.5 mm long.
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Perennial, tufted, up to 1.5 m high. Leaf blades up to 450 mm long, 2-5 mm wide, leaf blade base tightly rolled, sheath mouth with erect appendages. Spikelets 4-7 mm long (all alike, each with an empty pedicel); awns 8-16 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 1.75
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 5-8
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food material
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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Sorghastrum stipoides world distribution map, present in Burkina Faso, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Central African Republic, Cuba, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guinea, Gambia, Guyana, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Mauritania, Nigeria, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Senegal, Suriname, eSwatini, Chad, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), South Africa, and Zambia

Conservation status

Sorghastrum stipoides threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:240834-2
WFO ID wfo-0000900114
COL ID 4YC4Z
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 732394
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Synonyms

Andropogon trichopus Dipogon avenaceus Sorghastrum stipoides Sorghastrum trichopus Sorghastrum trollii Sorghum trichopus Stipa microsperma Sorghum rigidifolium Trachypogon stipoides Andropogon humboldtianus Chrysopogon stipoides Sorghastrum rigidifolium Sorghastrum rigidifolium Andropogon stipoides Andropogon nutans var. burchellii Andropogon nutans var. stipoides Sorghum nutans var. burchellii Sorghum nutans var. stipoides Sorghum rigidifolium var. microstachyum Sorghastrum stipoides subsp. stipoides