WorldFloraDB - Trachypogon chevalieri

Characteristics

Annual; culms 30–100 cm. high.. Leaf-blades flat, 5–20 cm. long, 1–4 mm. wide.. Raceme solitary, 2–8 cm. long.. Sessile spikelet awned and similar to the pedicelled, or smaller barren and awnless, or sometimes with a reduced awn.. Pedicelled spikelet 7–9 mm. long, including a fulvously bearded callus 2–3 mm. long; lower glume glabrous or pubescent; awn 3–7 cm. long, stiffly geniculate, pubescent.

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Subsessile spikelet barren, smaller than the pedicelled and awnless (but sometimes fertile and resembling the pedicelled).

Pedicelled spikelet 7–9 mm long, including the 2–3 mm fulvously barbate callus.

Superior lemma with a stiffly geniculate, pubescent awn 3–7 cm long.

Inferior glume glabrous or pubescent.

Racemes single, 2–8 cm long.

Culms 30–100 cm high.

Leaf laminas flat.

Up to 45 cm. high

Solitary racemes

Flat leaf-blades

Annual.

Life form	annual
Growth form	herb
Growth support	free-standing
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Sexuality	hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter)	0.3 - 1.0
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Environment

Ironstone outcrops.

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Usage

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Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:424350-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000903795
COL ID	7CL7V
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Homopogon chevalieri Trachypogon ledermannii Trachypogon chevalieri

WorldFloraDB 2024

Trachypogon chevalieri (Stapf) Jacq.-fél.

Species