Dichanthium annulatum
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| Family: | Poaceae |
| Full name: | Dichanthium annulatum (Forssk.) Stapf |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Vleivingergras |
| English common name(s): | Vlei finger grass, Bluestem, Blue grama |
| Synonym(s): | Dichanthium annulatum (Forssk.) Stapf var. decalvatum (Hack.) Maire & Weiller status incertain |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Perennial; culms 25–100 cm high, geniculately ascending. Leaf-blades 3–30 cm long, 2–7 mm wide. Inflorescence composed of (1–)2–15 subdigitate shortly pedunculate racemes, the peduncles glabrous; racemes 3–7 cm long, the spikelets subimbricate with 0–6 smaller homogamous pairs at the base. Sessile spikelet narrowly oblong, 2–6 mm long; lower glume firmly cartilaginous, slightly concave, pubescent to villous below the middle, with long bulbous-based hairs above, obtuse to subacute; awn 8–25 mm long. (from JSTOR website / Flora of Tropical East Africa) Perennial; culms 25–100 cm high, geniculately ascending. Leaf-blades 3–30 cm long, 2–7 mm wide. Inflorescence composed of (1–)2–15 subdigitate shortly pedunculate racemes, the peduncles glabrous; racemes 3–7 cm long, the spikelets subimbricate with 0–6 smaller homogamous pairs at the base. Sessile spikelet narrowly oblong, 2–6 mm long; lower glume firmly cartilaginous, slightly concave, pubescent to villous below the middle, with long bulbous-based hairs above, obtuse to subacute; awn 8–25 mm long. (from JSTOR website / Flora Somalia) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie |
| Content last updated: | 22 Nov 2011 |
