Stipagrostis plumosa Munro ex T.Anderson

Desert grass (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Stipagrostis

Characteristics

A herb. It is a grass that grows in dense tufts. It keeps growing from year to year except in very dry areas where it is an annual.
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Densely caespitose perennial
Convolute leaf-blades
30–45 cm. high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the Sahara in West Africa. It grows in areas with an annual rainfall between 50-400 mm. It can grow in arid places.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-12

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
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Optimum temperature (C°) 20 - 26
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Distribution

Stipagrostis plumosa world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Cyprus, Algeria, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Senegal, Singapore, Turks and Caicos Islands, Chad, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, and Yemen

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:423918-1
WFO ID wfo-0000903108
COL ID 52RLQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Aristida brachypoda Aristida plumosa Arthratherum plumosum Stipagrostis brachypoda Stipagrostis fallax Stipagrostis oranensis Stipagrostis plumosa Aristida lanuginosa Stipagrostis szovitsiana Aristida floccosa Aristida floccosa Aristida plumosa subsp. kyzylkumica Aristida plumosa subsp. lanuginosa Aristida plumosa subsp. szovitsiana Aristida plumosa var. aethiopica Aristida plumosa var. alexandrina Aristida plumosa var. australis Aristida plumosa var. berberica Aristida plumosa var. brachypoda Aristida plumosa var. eichwaldiana Aristida plumosa var. floccosa Aristida plumosa var. haussknechtii Aristida plumosa var. intermedia Aristida plumosa var. lanuginosa Aristida plumosa var. seminuda Aristida plumosa var. superciliata Aristida plumosa var. syrtica Aristida plumosa var. szovitsiana Arthratherum plumosum subsp. kyzylkumicum Arthratherum plumosum subsp. szovitsianum Arthratherum plumosum var. floccosum Stipagrostis plumosa subsp. kyzylkumica Stipagrostis plumosa subsp. seminuda Stipagrostis plumosa subsp. syrtica Stipagrostis plumosa subsp. szovitsiana Stipagrostis plumosa var. aethiopica Stipagrostis plumosa var. alexandrina Stipagrostis plumosa var. brachypoda Stipagrostis plumosa var. intermedia Stipagrostis plumosa subsp. oranensis Arthratherum plumosum var. flocoosum Aristida plumosa var. dubia Aristida oranensis