Tragus berteronianus
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| Family: | Poaceae |
| Full name: | Tragus berteronianus Schult. |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Wortelsaadgras, Kousklits |
| English common name(s): | Carrot-seed grass, Small carrot-seed grass |
| Synonym(s): | Lappago phleoides Fig. & De Not. fide Fl. Trop. E. Africa |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Erect or ascending annual grass, up to 45 cm. Leaves short, broad and wavy with spaced hairs along the margin. Inflorescence a long, dense spike. Spikelets covered in barbed hairs, which easily stick to clothing and fur. (from Flora of Zimbabwe website) Annual up to 20 cm high. Inflorescence 2–7.5 cm long; racemelets comprising 2 spikelets separated by a short but distinct internode, the upper shorter than the lower, the rhachis not prolonged. Spikelets 2–3 mm long, acute; upper glume 5-nerved, the prickles hooked and with turgid or swollen base. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora Somalia) Loosely tufted annual; culms 5–60 cm high, erect or ascending. Leaf-blades 1–6 cm long, 2–5 mm wide. Inflorescence 2–15 cm long, compactly cylindrical, congested; clusters plump, the tips incurved, comprising 2 spikelets of which the upper is smaller and borne upon a distinct internode 0.3–0.7 mm long. Spikelets (lower) 2–3 mm long; upper glume 5-nerved, the prickles turgid to bulbous in their lower half and hooked at the tip. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora of Tropical East Africa) Annual up to 45 cm tall, erect or geniculately ascending; leaf laminas 1.5–5.5 cm x 2–5 mm, flat or undulate, glaucous, the margins thickened, whitish, pectinate with bulbous-based hairs or barbellate.Inflorescence 3.5–15 cm long, compactly cylindrical and congested; racemelets comprising 2 fertile spikelets borne on a short peduncle and separated by a distinct internode 0.3–0.7 mm long.Spikelets 1.8–3 mm long; superior glume prominently 5-nerved, the nerves bearing hooked, bulbous-based prickles, glabrous between the nerves; anthers 0.4–0.6 mm long. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora Zambesiaca) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Content last updated: | 03 Oct 2022 |
