Stipagrostis pennata (Trin.) De Winter

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Stipagrostis

Characteristics

Perennial with slender rhizomes, roots tomentose. Culms tussocky, 20–60 cm tall, much branched at base. Leaf sheaths smooth or scabrid, longer than internodes; leaf blades involute, 10–30 cm, glaucous, abaxial surface scabrid, adaxial surface puberulent; ligule short, margin with 0.5–1 mm hairs. Panicle lax, open, base usually included in uppermost leaf sheath, 5–20 cm; branches paired, rarely solitary. Spikelets 1.3–1.7 cm, stramineous; glumes narrowly lanceolate, smooth or scabrid, pubescent within, subequal, lower slightly longer than upper, lower glume 3–5-veined, upper glume 3-veined, apex acuminate; callus ca. 1 mm; lemma 5–7 mm, smooth on back, apex truncate, ciliolate; awn with short 0.3–1 mm column, all 3 branches densely plumose throughout, hairs 2–4 mm, central branch 1–1.5 cm, lateral branches a little shorter. Fl. and fr. Jul–Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.45
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c4

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use fodder material
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 20 - 26
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Stipagrostis pennata world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, China, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:423917-1
WFO ID wfo-0000903104
COL ID 52RLP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Aristida pennata Stipagrostis pennata Arthratherum pauciflorum Arthratherum pennatum Stipagrostis barbata Aristida pennata var. minor Aristida pennata var. scabriglumis Aristida pungens var. pennata Arthratherum pennatum subsp. minus Stipagrostis pennata subsp. minor Stipagrostis pennata var. rigida Stipagrostis pennata var. scabriglumis