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Perennial from scaly creeping rhizomes. Culms 50–150 cm. tall. Leaf-blades up to 20 cm. long and 15 mm. wide. Panicle 7–40 cm. long, dense, lobed or interrupted, with short branches up to 5 cm. long, these spreading at anthesis but otherwise contracted about the main axis. Glumes 3.5–7.5 mm. long, acute, wingless or with a very narrow and inconspicuous wing on the keel; sterile florets 2, subulate, 1.2–2.3 mm. long, villous; fertile floret lanceolate, 2.7–4.5 mm. long, dull yellow to grey-brown, sparsely pubescent. |
Notes: | Recorded by Biegel (1977) as being cultivated in gardens, especially a variegated cultivar 'Picta'. |
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Habitat: | Stream banks, swamp margins and damp hollows above 1950 m. |
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Worldwide distribution: | The Mediterranean to the Caucasus. Introduced species. Occurs in similar localities to P. minor, Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwe distribution: | C |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Biegel, H.M. (1977). Check-list of ornamental plants used in Rhodesian parks and gardens. Rhodesia Agricultural Journal. Research Report No. 3. Page 83. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 108. Shone, D.K. & Drummond, R.B. (1965). Poisonous Plants of Rhodesia Ministry of Agriculture, Rhodesia Page 24. as Phalaris tuberosa X arundinacea |
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