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invasive noxious weeds.
Plants of this
genus have "relatively
small heads in
****iform (spike-like) arrays,
concave post-fruiting receptacles,
truncate collecting...
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whitish trichomes on the
upper half and is
hairy on the
lower half. It has
****iform, terminal, and
sessile racemes that are
globose to cylindrical, measuring...
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auriculate or cuneate. Inflorescence,
terminal or axial, up tp 30 cm long in
****iform panicles;
calyx tube is 0.7 mm long,
calyx lobes are 5, up to 0.5 mm long...
- lanceolate,
slightly auriculate or
cuneate at the base.
Inflorescence ****iform,
rarely paniculate, lax, with
numerous cymes; multi-flowered cymes, elongating...
- and 3–5
millimetres (0.12–0.20 in) wide. It also has a
linear panicle ****iform which is 3.5–5.5
centimetres (1.4–2.2 in) long and 0.5–0.7 centimetres...
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densely sericeous.
Heads (proximal sessile,
distal pedunculate) in (leafy)
****iform arrays 4–9(–12) × (0.5–)1–5 cm.
Involucres hemispheric, 3–4 × 3.5–4 mm...
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Largest ****iform panicle. Puya raimondii ;
Bromeliaceae ("Titanka" or "Cunco") High
Andes of Peru and
western to
central Bolivia ****iform panicle that...
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centimetres (0.12–0.31 in) wide. It is also inflorescenced, linear, and
****iform as well. Its
peduncle is 4–8
centimetres (1.6–3.1 in) long
while the main...
- leaf-sheaths and leaf-blades have
glabrous surface. The
panicle is linear,
****iform,
secund and is 3.5–12
centimetres (1.4–4.7 in) long.
Spikelets are cuneate...
- with a red, or
purple hue. The
flowers in March–June, are
dense racemes,
****iform (spike-shaped) with
evenly spaced, leafy-bracteate
beneath each flower...
