DREGEOCHLOA PUMILA
Author:
Hans Joachim Conert, 1966
Family:
POACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Senckenberg. Biol. 47: 338 (1966)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
2 Centimetres
Height:
5 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds/Rhizomes
CITES:
Synonyms:
Danthonia pumila, Nees, 1841
This member of the Poaceae family was given this name by Hans Joachim Conert in 1966. It is found in Namibia and western South Africa, growing in sand with little water and lots of sun. The Rhizomes grow two centimetres in diameter, the whole plant gets five centimetres height. The flowers are pale pink.
The genera name after Johann Franz Drège, 1794-1881 and chloa; 'grass. The species name is easy: 'low' or 'little'. IPNI: Gramineae family.
Flower
Pale Pink
Soil
Sand
Water
Minimum
Sun
Maximum