Panicum arbusculum
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Full name: | Panicum arbusculum Mez |
| Location: | Kyffhäuser (2416AD + 2416CB) |
| ID status: | ID not 100% certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Struikpanicum |
| English common name(s): | Shrubby panicum |
| Synonym(s): | (Panicum atrosanguineum) |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short. Culms erect; 40–80 cm long; woody. Culm-nodes swollen. Lateral branches suffrutescent. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface, or pilose; with tubercle-based hairs. Ligule a ciliate membrane. Leaf-blades 5–10 cm long; 3–6 mm wide; glaucous. Leaf-blade surface glabrous, or pilose; with tubercle-based hairs. INFLORESCENCE Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open; ovate; 4–15 cm long; with spikelets clustered towards branch tips. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. FERTILE SPIKELETS Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets elliptic; dorsally compressed; subacute; 2.5–3 mm long; falling entire. GLUMES Glumes reaching apex of florets; thinner than fertile lemma. Lower glume ovate; 0.33–0.5 length of spikelet; membranous; without keels; 5 -veined. Lower glume apex obtuse. Upper glume ovate; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; without keels; 7–9 -veined. Upper glume apex obtuse. FLORETS Basal sterile florets male, or barren; with palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret similar to upper glume; ovate; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; 9 -veined; obtuse. Palea of lower sterile floret 1 length of lemma. Fertile lemma elliptic; dorsally compressed; 2.5–3 mm long; indurate; yellow, or light brown; shiny; without keel. Lemma margins involute. Lemma apex acute. Palea involute; indurate. FLOWER Anthers 3. FRUIT Caryopsis with adherent pericarp. (from RBG Kew: GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora) |
| 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: | 21 Sep 2008 |
| 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 |
