Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walter) Kuntze, 1891 47% complete

Pimento grass

Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 794 (1891)

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Sourced14 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded11 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (Walter) Kuntze No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 794 (1891) 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 1891 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Pimento grass No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations SE. U.S.A. to E. & S. South America, W. Trop. Africa to Chad No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 24 cm Differs from sources
Flower color white
  • green, orange, white, yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 882
Differs from sources
Flower conspicuous false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Foliage color green Sourced
Foliage texture coarse Sourced
Fruit conspicuous false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Fruit shape caryopsis Sourced
Growth form Rhizomatous
  • Rhizomatous · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Growth habit Graminoid
  • Graminoid · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Growth rate Rapid Sourced
Maximum height 40 cm Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months jul, aug, sep
  • jul|aug|sep · 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
Ph maximum pH 7.5
  • pH 7.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 4.8
  • pH 4.8 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
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 empty Not on the record
Other
Human usage type — Not on the record
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record