Anthephora pubescens
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Full name: | Anthephora pubescens Nees |
| Location: | Kyffhäuser (2416AD + 2416CB) |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Borseltjiegras, Krulblaar Bloubuffelsgras, Borsel, Borseltjiegras, Krulblaargras, Wolgras |
| English common name(s): | Wool grass, Borseltjie grass, Bottle Brush Grass, Cat's Tail Grass, Wool Grass |
| Synonym(s): | Anthephora hochstetteri Nees Anthephora hochstetteri Nees var. serresii Dubuis & Faurel Anthephora kotschyi Hochst. fide Fl. Trop. E. Africa Anthephora ramosa Gooss. Cenchrus pubescens Steud. fide Nom.Bot. Ed.2 pars1 |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Tufted perennial up to 100 cm high. Inflorescence 5–25 cm long, the clusters with bearded peduncle; involucral bracts lanceolate to narrowly ovate, broadest below the middle, 6–11 mm long, sparsely pilose to densely villous, acute to setaceously acuminate; lower lemma densely ciliate, the hairs c. 1 mm long and projecting from the involucre. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora Somalia) Tufted perennial; culms 30–100 cm high. Leaf-blades 3–40 cm long, 2–6 mm wide; ligule 2–8 mm long, with or without auricles. Panicle 5–25 cm long, the clusters with bearded peduncles. Spikelets lanceolate to narrowly ovate, broadest below the middle, 6–11 mm long; lower glume sparsely pilose to densely villous, 3–7-nerved, acute to setaceously acuminate; lower lemma densely ciliate, the hairs 1 mm long and projecting from the spikelet. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora of Tropical East Africa) Tufted perennial. Culms 30–100 cm. high. Leaf laminae 2–7 mm. wide, flat, the base as wide as the sheath, the margins thickened and often crinkled. Panicle 5–25 cm. long. Involucre 5–10 mm. long including awn, bearded below, glabrous to villous above, without cartilaginous margin, acute to acuminate and then often attenuate to an awn up to 4 mm. long. Inferior lemma hirsute above. (from Flora of Zimbabwe website) |
| 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 |
| Photographer: | AA Dreyer |
| Date of photograph: | 22 Sep 2009 |
| Camera make: | Canon |
| Camera model: | PowerShot A700 |
| Lens aperture: | f/4.0 |
| Shutter speed: | 1/1000 s |
| ISO speed: | - |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
