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Revision as of 20:25, 24 September 2019

Plants perennial; densely cespitose, shortly rhizomatous. Culms 6-25 cm. Sheaths mostly glabrous, sparsely hispid near the throat; blades to 4 cm long, to 1 mm wide, rolled, falcate to curled, pilose or hispid. Panicles 0.5-2 cm, subcapitate; pedicels mostly shorter than or equaling the spikelets. Spikelets 4-8 mm, with 3-6 florets. Glumes glabrous or scabrous, dark purple fading to brown; lemma bodies (1.3)1.5-2 mm, with tufts of hairs on the lower portion and in a transverse row below the sinus, apical teeth 1-2 mm; awns (2)3.5-5.5 mm; anthers 1.7-2.2 mm. Caryopses about 0.8 mm. 2n = 12.

Discussion

Karroochloa purpurea was grown in the grass garden of the University of California, Berkeley. There is no evidence that it has become established in the Flora region.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.