Tenaxia disticha (Nees) N.P.Barker & H.P.Linder

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Tenaxia

Characteristics

Tufted perennial, 150-700 mm high. Leaf blade up to 100-500 x 3.5 mm; ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a spike-like panicle, 20-100 mm long. Spikelets up to 18 mm long (including awns) laterally compressed; glumes ± equal, 9-20 mm long, 1-3-nerved. Florets 2(-5); lemma 10-15 mm long, fringed along margins with tufts of white hairs each side near base; lobes 7-9 mm long, attenuate into a long awn; central awn 10-16 mm long, geniculate, twisted at base. Flowering time Oct.-May.
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Tufted perennial 150-700 mm high. Leaf blade 100-500 x to 3.5 mm. Inflorescence spike-like, 20-100 mm long; spikelets distichous. Spikelet to 18 (including awns) x to 3 mm; glumes 9-20 mm long, 1-3-nerved; 2(-5)-flowered; lemma 10-15 mm long (including lobes); lobes 7-9 mm long, awns long; margins hairy, with tufts of white hairs on the margins near the base; central awn 10-16 mm long, geniculate; anther 4.0-5.5 mm long.
Perennial; 0.7 m high; tufted. Leaf blades up to 100-500 x 3.5 mm. Flowers: panicle spike-like; distichous; 20-100 mm long; spikelets up to 18 x 3 mm; including awns; 2(-5)-flowered; glumes 9-20 mm long; 1-3-nerved; lemmas 10-15 mm long; including 7-9 mm long lobes which attenuate into a long bristle; lemmas fringed along margins with tuft of white hairs each side near base; central awn geniculate; 10-16 mm long.
Perennial to 40 cm. Leaves linear, rolled. Spikelets distichous in a spike-like panicle, straw-coloured and green, glumes 1-3-nerved, lemmas 10-15 mm long, fringed on margins, with a basal tuft of white hairs on each side, awns 10-16 mm long, geniculate.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.28 - 0.7
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Soil humidity 3-5
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Tenaxia disticha world distribution map, present in Lesotho, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77111689-1
WFO ID wfo-0000922607
COL ID 7BR46
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Synonyms

Danthonia disticha Merxmuellera disticha Rytidosperma distichum Tenaxia disticha Tenaxia disticha var. vlokii Tenaxia disticha var. dracomontana Tenaxia disticha var. lustricola