Araújo, Diogo;Alves, Marccus
Wangenheimia
Sign in to saveWangenheimia is a monotypic genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Wangenheimia lima.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- MO, VT
- Recorded in
- Germany
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Wangenheimia is a monotypic genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Wangenheimia lima.
==Description== An annual ornamental grass, which bears unusual, feather-like or herringbone-shaped seedheads on long, wiry stems, all summer long. It can grow up to tall, with long green leaves that have shades of silver when young.
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