Helictotrichon

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Welwitschia mirabilis or Amborella trichopoda

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endangered perennial medicinal 2024 1977

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Home Plants tracheophyta liliopsida poales poaceae Helictotrichon

Besser

1827

alpine oatgrass

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Helictotrichon, or alpine oatgrass, is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the grass family. The genus name comes from the Greek heliktos meaning twisted, and trichos meaning hair, referring to the shape of the awn. Most of the species are native to Africa and Eurasia with a few species in North America. Helictotrichon sempervirens is widely cultivated as an ornamental. Species Helictotrichon altius (Hitchc.) Ohwi - China Helictotrichon angustum C.E.Hubb. - Kenya, Yemen Helictotrichon arctum Cope - Yemen Helictotrichon barbatum (Nees) Schweick. - South Africa Helictotrichon burmanicum Bor - Myanmar Helictotrichon cantabricum (Lag.) Gervais - Pyrenees in France + Spain Helictotrichon capense Schweick. - South Africa Helictotrichon convolutum (C.Presl) Henrard - Italy, Greece, Balkans, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon Helictotrichon cycladum (Rech.f. & T.C.Scheff.) Rech.f. - Greece incl Crete Helictotrichon decorum (Janka) Henrard - Romania Helictotrichon delavayi (Hack.) Henrard - China Hel......read more on Wikipedia.