Sporobolus engleri Pilg.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Sporobolus

Characteristics

Tufted annual 120-600 mm high; basal leaf sheaths not splitting into fibres; culms 1 to 2 mm in diameter. Leaf blade 40-150 x 2-5 mm, flat. Inflorescence dichotomously branched, axils without hairs; spikelets solitary at the branchlet apices. Spikelet 1.0-1.5 mm long; glumes unequal; lower glume 1/3 as long as spikelet; upper glume 2/3 as long as spikelet; lemma as long as spikelet; anther 1.2-1.5 mm long.
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Annual; up to 0.6 m high; tufted. Leaf blades 40-150 x 2-5 mm; flat; basal leaf sheaths not splitting into fibres. Flowers: panicle dichotomously branched; without hairs in axils; spikelets 1.0-1.5 mm long; solitary at branchlet apices.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.36 - 0.6
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c4

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Sporobolus engleri world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:422713-1
WFO ID wfo-0000901116
COL ID 4ZCJ8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sporobolus engleri