Sphenopus divaricatus Rchb.

Sphénope (fr), Sphénope divariqué (fr), Pâturin divariqué (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Sphenopus

Characteristics

Culms 2.5–24 cm high. Leaves: ligule 0.6–3.4 mm long, acute to obtuse; blade 0.8–5 cm long, 0.3–0.6 mm wide, blunt and rounded, hooded, with nerves equally prominent. Panicles 1.5–7 cm long; primary branches filiform. Spikelets solitary, 1.9–2.8 mm long, with 3–5 bisexual florets; rachilla elongated between all florets. Glumes: lower glume broadly ovate, 0.2–0.4 mm long; upper glume 0.5–0.8 mm long. Basal lemma 1.2–1.9 mm long. Anthers 0.4–0.6 mm long.
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Slender, tufted annual; 70-200(-300) mm high; outer culms geniculate and spreading from base. Leaf blade 30-70 x 1 mm, setaceous, rolled; ligule to 4 mm long, membranous. Inflorescence open, delicate, much branched; pedicels 1.5-7.0 mm long. Spikelet 2-3 mm long; 2-5-flowered; glumes unequal, hyaline; lower glume scale-like; upper glume to 1 mm long; lemma 1.25-1.50 mm long, obtuse or rounded, awnless or minutely awned, scabrid; anther 0.2-0.3 mm long.
Delicate annual, up to 200 mm tall. Leaves linear, rolled, thread-like; ligule a long unfringed membrane. Inflorescence a delicate, open panicle; pedicels club-shaped. Spikelets 2-3 x up to 1.5 mm, many-flowered, glumes and lemmas awnless, minutely awned or mucronate; glumes unequal, shorter than spikelet, lower glume 0.1-0.4 mm long, nerveless; lemmas glabrous, occasionally minutely scabrous.
Slender annual to 20 cm. Leaves linear, rolled, setaceous. Spikelets 2-3 mm long, in a delicate, open panicle.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread barochory
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Salt swamps and lakes and sandysoils. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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Distribution

Sphenopus divaricatus world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, Cyprus, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, France, Greece, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Palau, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Turks and Caicos Islands, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:422503-1
WFO ID wfo-0000900821
COL ID 6YYPR
BDTFX ID 65696
INPN ID 124599
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Festuca expansa Festuca gouanii Glyceria sphenopus Nephelochloa breviglumis Poa expansa Poa reptatrix Sclerochloa triticum Poa divaricata Sclerochloa divaricata Sphenopus divaricatus Sphenopus gouanii Festuca sphenopus Sclerochloa expansa Sphenopus divaricatus f. permicranthus Diarrhena divaricata Sphenopus divaricatus subsp. permicranthus Sphenopus gouanii var. permicranthus Sphenopus gouanii var. permicrantha Sphenopus divaricatus var. permicranthus Festuca expansa var. permicrantha