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Trisetopsis capensis (Schweick.) Röser & A.Wölk

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Trisetopsis

Characteristics

Tufted perennial, up to 1 m high. Leaf blade up to 250 x 1-2 mm, filiform, expanded; ligule an unfringed membrane. Inflorescence an open panicle, up to 200 mm long. Spikelets 10-15 mm long (excluding awns), laterally compressed; rachilla internodes 2 mm long, with hairs 3 mm long; glumes unequal, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, ± keeled; lower glume glabrous, 1-nerved, scaberulous along nerve; upper glume 2/3 as long as spikelet, 3-nerved. Florets 2-6; lemma linear-lanceolate, rounded on back, 2-lobed, lobes awned, scabrous below central awn insertion; central awn from between lobes, basal part twisted; anther 2.5-3.0 mm long. Flowering time Nov., Dec., May.
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Tufted perennial to 1 000 mm high. Leaf blade to 250 x 1-2 mm, filiform, expanded. Panicle to 200 mm long, open. Spikelet 10-15 mm long (excluding awns), usually closely flowered; glumes unequal, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate; lower glume 1-nerved, glabrous, scaberulous along the nerve; upper glume 2/3 as long as spikelet, 3-nerved; rachilla internodes 2 mm long, with hairs 3 mm long; lemma linear-lanceolate, scabrous below central awn insertion; anther 2.5-3.0 mm long.
Like H. hirtulum but spikelets ± 15 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Trisetopsis capensis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77129283-1
WFO ID wfo-0001336089
COL ID 7D6NC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Arrhenatherum capense Trisetopsis capensis Helictotrichon capense
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