Enneapogon cenchroides
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| Family: | Poaceae |
| Full name: | Enneapogon cenchroides (Roem. & Schult.) C.E.Hubb. |
| ID status: | ID not 100% certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Vaalsuurgras, Suurgras, (Eenjarige) Negenaaldgras |
| English common name(s): | (Common) Nine-awned grass |
| Synonym(s): | Enneapogon abyssinicus (Hochst.) Rendle fide Fl. Trop. E. Africa Enneapogon mollis Lehm. fide Fl. Trop. E. Africa Pappophorum abyssinicum Hochst. fide Fl. Trop. E. Africa Pappophorum cenchroides Licht. ex Roem. & Schult. fide Fl. Trop. E. Africa Pappophorum molle (Lehm.) Kunth fide Fl. Trop. E. Africa |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Annual up to 75 cm high; basal sheaths remaining intact. Panicle loosely contracted, often lobed at the base. Lower glume 5- to 7-nerved, 2.6–3.8 mm long; upper glume 3-nerved, 3.5–5 mm long; fertile lemma 4–7 mm long (including awns), hairy on the back all over; awns ciliate; anthers 1–1.7 mm long; third lemma vestigial, occasionally well developed (but barren), 0.3–2(–3.5) mm long. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora Somalia) Tufted robust annual often assuming a perennial appearance; culms wiry below, up to 1 m high, usually shortly hairy all over. Leaf-blades up to 25 cm long and 7 mm wide, involute or flat. Inflorescence a contracted or spike-like panicle up to 16 cm long. Lower glume 3–4 mm long, 5–7-nerved; upper glume 3.5–5.5 mm long, 3-nerved; lowest lemma 1.5–2 mm long, its awns 2.5–5 mm long and densely ciliate for much of their length; second lemma smaller, usually male; third lemma 0.7–2 mm long, including the awns which are reduced to a small tuft; anthers 1–1.8 mm long. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora of Tropical East Africa) |
| 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: | 18 Apr 2024 |
