WorldFloraDB - Trichopteryx elegantula

Characteristics

Annual; culms 4–25 cm. high, erect or ascending.. Leaf-blades lanceolate to ovate, 0.5–2.5 cm. long, 1–6 mm. wide.. Panicle obovate, 0.5–7 cm. long, loose to moderately dense.. Spikelets 2.5–3.5 mm. long, glabrous or setose with tubercle-based hairs; upper lemma 1.5–2 mm. long, pubescent with short lateral tufts; central awn 8–15 mm. long, the laterals 3–4 mm. long; callus rounded.

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Superior lemma with short lateral tufts; central awn 7–15 mm. long, the laterals 3–6 mm..

Culms 2–30 cm. high, erect or ascending, usually slender and wiry.

Leaf laminae 0.5–2.5 cm. long, 1–6 mm. wide, lanceolate to ovate.

Spikelets 2.5–3.5 mm. long, glabrous or tuberculate setose.

Panicle 0.5–7 cm. long, ovate, open or compact.

A delicate annual, 5–17 cm. high.

Callus broadly rounded.

Annual.

Life form	annual
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Growth support	free-standing
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Sexuality	hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter)	0.04 - 0.25
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:424679-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000904336
COL ID	58J29
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Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Arundinella elegantula Trichopteryx delicatissima Trichopteryx glanvillei Trichopteryx elegantula Trichopteryx elegantula var. katangensis

WorldFloraDB 2024

Trichopteryx elegantula Stapf

Species