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Stipagrostis zeyheri (Nees) De Winter

Species

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Characteristics

Densely tufted, robust perennial, up to 900 mm high; rhizomes short and knotty. Leaf blade up to 500 mm long, setaceous, flaccid, often curling; ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a narrow, contracted to open and divaricate panicle. Spikelets up to 18 mm long (excluding awn), disarticulating above glumes; glumes glabrous to long-hairy, pallid then slightly darker at base or dark. Floret 1; lemma indurated, articulation between apex of lemma and base of column; awns 3, all awns plumose to branching point, excurrent into a long naked apex, hairs greyish, silvery, dirty-white to golden, column with long hairs below branching point of awns; callus 1.0-2.5 mm long, with a distinct, naked, pungent point. Flowering time Aug.-May.
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Robust perennial, up to 1 m tall. Leaves linear, thin; ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence an open panicle. Spikelets 17-18 mm long (excluding awns), 1-flowered; glumes usually dark; lemma 3-awned, all 3 awns distinctly plumose, silvery, dirty white to golden, with articulation at base of column.
Robust perennial to 1 m. Leaves linear, rolled, setaceous. Spikelets in an open panicle, white and purple, all 3 awns distinctly plumose, spikelet callus pungent.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.95
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Soil texture 4-7
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Stipagrostis zeyheri world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:423937-1
WFO ID wfo-0000903148
COL ID 6ZVRT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Arthratherum zeyheri Stipagrostis zeyheri Aristida zeyheri Aristida capensis var. canescens Aristida capensis var. zeyheri Aristida capensis var. zeyheri

Lower taxons

Stipagrostis zeyheri subsp. barbata Stipagrostis zeyheri subsp. macropus Stipagrostis zeyheri subsp. sericans Stipagrostis zeyheri subsp. zeyheri
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