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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Delicate annual up to 25 cm tall, very slender, erect or ascending; leaf lamina 3–7 cm × 1–2.5 mm, flat, flaccid, glabrous or loosely pilose.Panicle 2–7 cm long, ovate or oblong, very loose with capillary branches.Spikelets 2–2.5 mm long, oblong-cuneate; inferior glume 1.5–2 mm long; superior glume as long as the spikelet; lemmas 1–1.3 mm long, ovate-oblong, the awn up to 6 mm long. |
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| Habitat: | Riverine vegetation on shady banks of rivers and on termitaria |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1220 - 1710 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Cameroon, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| FZ divisions: | N |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Pages 23 - 24. (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 105. |