Species Eragrostis rotifer Rendle (Pearly love grass)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Plantae
  • - phylum: Tracheophyta
  • -- class: Liliopsida
  • --- order: Poales
  • ---- family: Poaceae
  • ----- species: Eragrostis rotifer
Characteristics:perennial grass, 1,5m tall, tufted grass with erect culms, basal leaf sheaths are covered with hair, inflorescence is a big, open panicle with delicate branches, spikeleta are mostly purple
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References:Van Rooyen et al. 2001: 100
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