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| Synonyms: |
Danthonia disticha Nees Merxmuellera disticha (Nees) Conert Tenaxia disticha (Nees) N. P. Barker & H. P. Linder |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Densely caespitose perennial up to 40 cm tall, erect or geniculately ascending; leaf lamina filiform, 10–40 cm long, tightly convolute, wiry, usually curled, rigid and glaucous, glabrous or sometimes pilose towards the base.Inflorescence 2–10 cm long, a dense distichous oblong raceme, erect or nodding, the spikelets subsessile.Spikelets 10–15 mm long; glumes lanceolate, usually 3-nerved; lemma body c. 5 mm long, with a tuft of hairs on either margin near the base, the back pilose between the tufts and at the base of the lobes, the lobes c. 4 mm long, tapering to a fine bristle up to 4 mm long; central awn geniculate, 10–16 mm long |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | disticha: distichous |
| Habitat: | In montane grassland, usually growing in dense clumps |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 2590 m (approx) |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Pages 8 - 9. (Includes a picture). 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 109. |
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