Ehrharta calycina

Ehrharta calycina

''Ehrharta calycina'' is a species of grass known by the common names perennial veldtgrass and purple veldtgrass.
Perennial Veldtgrass - Ehrharta calycina Prior to flowering. Introduced to Australia. Australia,Eamw grasses,Ehrharta calycina,Geotagged,Sellicks beach,Winter

Appearance

''Ehrharta calycina'' is a highly variable perennial grass, often but not always rhizomatous.

It usually reaches 30–70 centimetres in height, but is known to grow much taller in favorable conditions.

The inflorescence is a narrow to wide open array of spikelets light in color when new and becoming darker and tinted purple to reddish with age.

Distribution

It is native to southern Africa; from South Africa , Lesotho and Namibia.

It grows in Veld grassland habits and on low-lying sandy areas.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassMonocots
OrderPoales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusEhrharta
SpeciesE. calycina
Photographed in
Australia