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Trichopteryx fruticulosa Chiov.

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial, from a short rhizome; culms 30–80 cm. high, slender, somewhat woody, stiffly erect or ascending, the internodes shorter than the leaf-sheaths which cover the nodes.. Leaf-blades linear-lanceolate, 3–8 cm. long, 3–10 mm. wide, ± reflexed.. Panicle lanceolate, 6–30 cm. long.. Spikelets 3–6 mm. long, glabrous, pilose with soft tubercle-based hairs, or with a tuft of short hairs at the tip of the lower glume only; upper lemma 2–3 mm. long, glabrous or sparsely pilose, the lateral tufts short, reaching to about the base of the awn; central awn 8–11 mm. long, the laterals 1.5–3 mm. long.
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Culms 30–80 cm. high, slender, somewhat woody, stiffly erect or ascending, the internodes shorter than the leaf-sheaths which cover the nodes.
Superior lemma glabrous or sparsely pilose, with lateral tufts 1–2 mm. long; central awn 8–11 mm. long, the laterals 1.5–3 mm.
Spikelets 3–6 mm. long, glabrous, occasionally with a few hairs at apex of inferior glume, rarely softly pilose.
Leaf laminae 3–8 cm. long, 3–10 mm. wide, linear-lanceolate, ± reflexed.
Panicle 6–30 cm. long, lanceolate; pedicel hairs 1–2 mm. long.
Perennial.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.8
Root system rhizome
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Trichopteryx fruticulosa world distribution map, present in Angola, Burkina Faso, Congo, Gabon, Rwanda, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:424686-1
WFO ID wfo-0000904345
COL ID 58J2R
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Trichopteryx fruticulosa Trichopteryx perlaxa Trichopteryx sandaensis Trichopteryx catangensis Trichopteryx katangensis Trichopteryx dregeana var. congoensis Trichopteryx fruticulosa var. perlaxa Trichopteryx fruticulosa var. whytei
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