Species Stipagrostis hirtigluma (Steud. ex Trin. & Rupr.) De Winter (Blue bushman grass)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Plantae
  • - phylum: Tracheophyta
  • -- order: Poales
  • --- family: Poaceae
  • ---- species: Stipagrostis hirtigluma
Characteristics:dense, tufted grass; up to 80 cm tall; rolled leaves; inflorescence is an open, purplish panicle; three-awned spikelets; center awn is longest and feathered
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References:Van Rooyen et al. 2001: 110
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