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Details for: PI 299969,
Fingerhuthia sesleriiformis
Nees, 512
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Fingerhuthia sesleriiformis
Nees
Top Name:
512
Origin:
Collected – South Africa
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
31 Aug 1964
PI Assigned:
1964
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Inventory Volume:
172
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Seed
200 count
PI 299969 2003i SD
Seed available for distribution is a limited resource. The quantity of seed distributed is hopefully sufficient to conduct the intended research. If additional seed is required, the recipient is urged to grow and reproduce the seed. Repeated requests for seed of the same accession will not be honored.
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Fingerhuthia sesleriiformis
Nees
Top Name:
512
Origin:
Collected – South Africa
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
31 Aug 1964
PI Assigned:
1964
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
South Africa
Locality:
Ungrazed pasture along dry stream, 27 miles southwest of Harrismith, mountainous terrain; annual rainfall 35in.
Elevation:
1860m.
Collector(s):
Oakes, Albert J., USDA-ARS
Donated
31 August 1964.
Maryland, United States
Donor(s):
Oakes, Albert J., USDA-ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
512
Type: Collector identifier
AJO-0464
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Perennial bunchgrass; leaf height 8in; head height 36in. Plants grow in clumps; cold tolerant and palatable. Seeds. 10
Fingerhuthia sesleriiformis
Nees
Genus:
Fingerhuthia
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Eragrostideae
Subtribe:
Unioliinae
Nomen number:
17107
Place of publication:
Fl. Afr. austral. ill. 136, 138. 1841 "
sesleriaeformis
"
Comment:
spelling corrected in accordance with
Shenzhen ICN
Art. 60.10
Verified:
08/24/2018
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
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Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
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Citation
English
thimble grass
1
Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al.
1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Afrikaans
vingerhoedgras
2
Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al.
1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
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GROWTH
Aggressive
Aggressiveness (coded)
2 - MEDIUM
GRASS.W6
PI 299969 64o SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Seed weight 100
Weight of 100 seeds in grams.
0.091
GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS
PI 299969 2003i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf number
Relative number of leaves
2 - AVERAGE
GRASS.W6
PI 299969 64o SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Position
Leaf position (coded)
1 - BASAL
GRASS.W6
PI 299969 64o SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Root Type
Root type (coded)
2 - BUNCH
GRASS.W6
PI 299969 64o SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Habit
Stem growth habit (coded).
1 - ERECT
GRASS.W6
PI 299969 64o SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Number
Stem number (coded)
2 - AVERAGE
GRASS.W6
PI 299969 64o SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Strength
Stem strength (coded)
3 - STIFF
GRASS.W6
PI 299969 64o SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Texture
Stem texture (coded)
2 - MEDIUM
GRASS.W6
PI 299969 64o SD
Not Available