Willkommia sarmentosa Hack.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Willkommia

Characteristics

Stoloniferous perennial; culms up to 60 cm tall, erect or geniculately ascending; lower leaf sheaths often without lamina, tightly packed; leaf laminas 3–5(7.5) cm × 2–6 mm, flat or rarely involute, linear-lanceolate from an auriculate base, glaucous, somewhat rigid, cartilaginous on the margins.
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Spikelets 4–5 mm long; inferior glume 2.8–3.3 mm long; superior glume as long as the spikelet; lemma 3.4–4.7 mm long, with an awn 0.9–1.5 mm long.
Inflorescence 8–25 cm long, erect or nodding, comprising 3–9 racemes 2–8 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Photosynthetic pathway c4

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Willkommia sarmentosa world distribution map, present in Angola, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:426747-1
WFO ID wfo-0000907549
COL ID 5BZFT
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Synonyms

Craspedorhachis sarmentosa Willbleibia sarmentosa Willkommia sarmentosa