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Ehrharta stricta

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Name

Identification
Ehrharta stricta Nees [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by C. G. D. Nees,
Related name
  • Ehrharta calycina
  • Ehrharta stricta

Flora

Entry for EHRHARTA calycina Stapf var. β, versicolor [family POACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 7, page 310, (1900) Author: (By O. STAPF.)
Names
EHRHARTA calycina Stapf var. β, versicolor [family POACEAE]
EHRHARTA versicolor Schrad. [family POACEAE], in Goett. Gel. Anz. iii. (1821) 2078, and in Schult. f. Syst. vii. 1374; Kunth, Enum. Pl. i. 14; Trin. Phalar. 17; Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. 212; Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 6; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 794.
EHRHARTA stricta Nees ex Trin. [family POACEAE], l.c.; Nees, l.c. 214; Steud. l.c.; Durand & Schinz, l.c.
Information
densely cæspitose; culms erect, usually 1 1/2–3 ft. long, rigid; leaves mostly convolute, rigid, up to 1 ft. long; spikelets 3–4 1/2 lin. long, acute, the lower empty valve slightly exceeding the lower glume; tips of the upper empty valve almost acute, mucronate, exceeding the upper glume by 1 lin. or more. null

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