Ehrharta calycinaBack to index icon.

Photo of Ehrharta calycina.

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FAMILY:

POACEAE

Genus:

Ehrharta

species:

calycina

Common name:

Perennial veldgrass (sometimes spelt veldtgrass)


Life form:

 

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Additional:

 

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Origin:

South Africa.

Stem:

Flowering stems slender to 0.6m.

Leaves:

Narrow grass leaves. Each leaf has distinctive purple auricles and a ligule at junction of sheath and blade.

Flowers:

Panicles of small spikelets.

Roots:

Fibrous roots, sometimes with very short rhizomes.

Other characteristics:

Tufted grass.

Spread:

Mainly by seeds.

Control:

Cut out plants in summer. Spray in mid winter before flowering stems emerge. Spraying is especially important after a bush fire.