Details for: PI 578674, Ehrharta calycina Sm., 'MISSION'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Ehrharta calycina Sm.
Cultivar:
'MISSION'
Origin:
Developed – California, United States
Received by NPGS:
1963
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Ehrharta calycina Sm.
Cultivar:
'MISSION'
Origin:
Developed – California, United States
Received by NPGS:
1963
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
PRE 1963.
California, United States

Developer(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'MISSION'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: NRCS
Natural Resources Conservation Service

W6 7117
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative
Panicle much contracted or compact with shorter panicle branches than the open panicle of typical veldt. Seeds large, heavy, dark brown in color, and do not readily shatter at maturity. Plant shorter than typical veldt. Plant habit and growth form about as variable as typical veldt. Used in wildlands to help prevent soil erosion and grazed by domestic animals and big game
Ehrharta calycina Sm.
Genus:
Ehrharta
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Oryzoideae
Tribe:
Ehrharteae
Nomen number:

14901
Place of publication:

Pl. icon. ined. 2: t. 33. 1790
Verified:
05/07/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishperennial veldt grass  1Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
Englishveldt grass  1Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In: Luken, J. O. & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. 255-267.
Frenchehrharta  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italianehrharta  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
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Pedigree
Description:
Nine-clone synthetic derived by selection from a nonshattering strain of perennial veldtgrass received from University of Western Australia in 1950
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-10, OTHER GRASSES. Issued: 01 Jul 1963.
  • Love, R. M. 1963. Crop Sci. (Madison) 3(4):367. Note: CV-10