Sporobolus oxyphyllus Fish

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Sporobolus

Characteristics

Mat-forming perennial, 130-320 mm high; rhizome long and deeply buried; leaves rigid. Leaf blade 20-100 x 3.0-4.5 mm, mostly inrolled; ligule a fringed membrane or a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence an ovate panicle, not whorled, < 3x longer than wide. Spikelets 1.8-2.9 mm long, laterally compressed, awnless, glabrous, disarticulating above glumes; glumes 1-nerved, usually keeled along whole length or at least at apex, keel scabrid; lower glume 2/3 to slightly shorter than spikelet; upper glume 3/4 to slightly longer than spikelet. Floret 1; lemma similar in texture to glumes, membranous, often shining, 1-3-nerved. Flowering time Nov.-Apr.
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Perennial; up to 0.3 m high; mat-forming rhizome long; deeply buried. Leaf blade 20-100 x 3.04.5 mm; mostly inrolled; rigid; old leaf sheaths not splitting into fibres. Flowers: inflorescence ovate; branches not whorled; < 3 x longer than wide; spikelets 1.8-2.9 mm long; glumes unequal; usually keeled along whole length or at least at apex; keel scabrid; lower glume 2/3 to slightly shorter than spikelet; upper glume 3/4 to slightly longer than spikelet; lemmas ovate-elliptic; apex acute.
Mat-forming perennial 130-320 mm high; rhizome long, deeply buried. Leaf blade 20-100 x 3.0-4.5 mm, mostly inrolled, rigid. Inflorescence ovate, branches not whorled, less than 3 x longer than wide. Spikelet 1.8-2.9 mm long; glumes unequal, usually keeled along whole length or at least at apex, keel scabrid; lower glume 2/3 to slightly shorter than spikelet; upper glume 3/4 to slightly longer than spikelet; lemma ovate-elliptic, apex acute; anther 1.2-1.5 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.13 - 0.32
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Sporobolus oxyphyllus world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77079445-1
WFO ID wfo-0000908321
COL ID 4ZCPM
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sporobolus oxyphyllus