Sporobolus diandrus (Retz.) P.Beauv.

Tussock dropseed (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Sporobolus

Characteristics

Perennial. Culms tufted, erect, 30–90 cm tall. Leaf sheaths glabrous but margin ciliate; leaf blades linear, usually involute, 5–30 × 0.2–0.3 cm, glabrous on both surfaces or adaxial surface distinctly pilose at base, tapering to a long filiform apex; ligule 0.2–0.3 mm. Panicle contracted or rather loose, 7–35 × 1.5–3.5 cm; branches 1.5–9 cm, ascending or obliquely spreading, loosely spiculate, often lower 1/3 bare. Spikelets silvery grayish or yellowish green, 1.4–1.7 mm; lower glume oblong, ca. 0.5 mm, veinless, truncate or obtuse; upper glume oblong-ovate, 1/2–2/3 spikelet length, obscurely 1-veined, acute or obtuse-erose; lemma ovate-oblong, as long as spikelet, indistinctly 1 (–3)-veined, acute to obtuse. Anthers 2(–3), 0.5–0.8 mm. Grain obovate to oblong, 0.6–0.9 mm, apex truncate. Fl. and fr. May–Aug. 2n = 24.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Photosynthetic pathway c4

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food medicinal
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Distribution

Sporobolus diandrus world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Belize, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Moldova (Republic of), Madagascar, Myanmar, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Nepal, Nauru, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Thailand, Tokelau, Tonga, Taiwan, Province of China, United States of America, Viet Nam, Vanuatu, and Samoa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:128843-3
WFO ID wfo-0000901093
COL ID 4ZCHM
BDTFX ID 168487
INPN ID 454079
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Synonyms

Sporobolus diandrus Vilfa diandra Vilfa erosa Agrostis diandra Agrostis dianthera Vilfa retzii Spermachiton involutum Sporobolus trimenii Agrostis elongata var. flaccida Sporobolus diandrus var. nanus Sporobolus indicus var. diandrus Sporobolus indicus var. flaccidus Sporobolus diandrus var. diandrus