Hyparrhenia hirta (L.) Stapf, 1919 41% complete

South african bluestem

D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 315 (1919)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Hyparrhenia hirta, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced14 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record1 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) Stapf No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 315 (1919) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1919 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name South african bluestem No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Africa, Medit. to Pakistan No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 55 cm
  • 55.35 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 38 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 60, 275, 289, 331, 474, 581, 654, 699, 881, 882
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte Sourced
Flower color green Sourced
Fruit shape caryopsis Sourced
Growth habit Graminoid
  • Graminoid · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height 100 cm
  • 100 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 60, 275, 289, 331, 474, 581, 654, 699, 881, 882
Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months apr, may, jun, jul, aug, sep, oct, nov
  • apr|may|jun|jul|aug|sep|oct|nov · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Differs from sources
Duration perennial Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 2 / 9 · dry air
  • 2 / 9 · dry air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Light 9 / 9 · full sun
  • 9 / 9 · full sun · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 8
  • pH 8 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 7.5
  • pH 7.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Soil nutriments 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic)
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 14 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record