Sporobolus ludwigii Hochst.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Sporobolus

Characteristics

Mat-forming perennial, 100-450 mm high; rhizome long, creeping and profusely branched. Leaf blade 10-30 x 2-3 mm, margins not ciliate; ligule a fringed membrane or a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a panicle, branches whorled. Spikelets 1.5-2.0 mm long, laterally compressed, awnless, glabrous, disarticulating above glumes; lower glume 1/3 as long as spikelet; upper glume as long as spikelet. Floret 1. Flowering time Jan.-May.
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Mat-forming perennial 100-450 mm high; rhizome long, creeping, profusely branched. Leaf blade 10-30 x 2-3 mm, margins not ciliate. Inflorescence branches whorled. Spikelet 1.5-2.0 mm long, pallid to greyish-green; lower glume 1/3 as long as spikelet; upper glume as long as spikelet; lemma lanceolate-oblong; anther 1.1-1.3 mm long.
Perennial; up to 0.45 m high; mat-forming; rhizome long; with very short internodes; creeping and profusely branched. Leaf blades 10-30 x 2-3 mm; rigid; margins not ciliate. Flowers: panicle whorled; spikelets 1.5-2.0 mm long; lower glume 1/3 spikelet length; upper glume as long as spikelet.
Mat-forming perennial, rhizomatous (rhizome long, creeping and profusely branched), up to 450 mm tall. Leaf blades 10-30 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, margins not ciliate. Spikelets 1.5-2.0 mm long. Panicle whorled; lower glume a third the spikelet length; upper glume as long as spikelet.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.28 - 0.45
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
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Usage

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Therapeutic use -
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Sporobolus ludwigii world distribution map, present in Botswana and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:422806-1
WFO ID wfo-0000901298
COL ID 4ZCMJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sporobolus ludwigii Vilfa ludwigii