Species Eragrostis echinochloidea Stapf (African lovegrass)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Plantae
  • - phylum: Tracheophyta
  • -- class: Liliopsida
  • --- order: Poales
  • ---- family: Poaceae
  • ----- species: Eragrostis echinochloidea
Characteristics:grass, 90cm tall, purple nodes, leaf sheaths are compressed and papery, inflorescence is a sideways contracted panicle with densely packed spikelets
Links:
References:Van Rooyen et al. 2001: 98
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/29204157
Date: 2008-01-04
Creator: Saguaro National Park
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/29204155
Date: 2008-01-04
Creator: Saguaro National Park
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/29204161
Date: 2008-01-04
Creator: Saguaro National Park
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
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