Sporobolus salsus Mez

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Sporobolus

Characteristics

Perennial, 270-700 mm high, rhizomatous. Leaf blade 45-150 x 1-4 mm; ligule a fringed membrane or a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a panicle, dichotomously branched, without long hairs in axils; branches not whorled; spikelets large and solitary at branchlet apex. Spikelet 2.0-2.9 mm long, laterally compressed, awnless, glabrous, disarticulating above glumes. Floret 1; lemma similar in texture to glumes, membranous, often shining, 1-3-nerved. Flowering time Jan.-Sept.
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Perennial 270-700 mm high; rhizomatous. Leaf blade 45-150 x 1-4 mm. Inflorescence dichotomously branched, axils without long hairs on the pulvinus; spikelets large and solitary at the branchlet apices. Spikelet 2.0-2.9 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, apex truncate; anther 1.2-2.0 mm long.
Perennial, rhizomatous, up to 0.7 m high. Leaf blades 45-150 mm long, 1-4 mm wide. Spikelets 2.0-2.9 mm long. Panicle dichotomously branched, without long hairs in axils; spikelets large and solitary at branchlet tips.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.27 - 0.7
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Photosynthetic pathway c4

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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Sporobolus salsus world distribution map, present in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:422919-1
WFO ID wfo-0000901452
COL ID 4ZCRP
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Synonyms

Sporobolus salsus