Anthephora pubescens
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Full name: | Anthephora pubescens Nees |
| Location: | Kyffhäuser (2416AD + 2416CB) |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Borseltjiegras, Krulblaar |
| English common name(s): | Wool grass, Borseltjie 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) |
| 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: | 05 Apr 2009 |
| Camera make: | Canon |
| Camera model: | PowerShot A700 |
| Lens aperture: | f/4.0 |
| Shutter speed: | 1/640 s |
| ISO speed: | - |
| Content last updated: | 01 Jun 2020 |
