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Synonyms: |
Eragrostis eichingeri Pilg |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Unbranched perennial tufted grass, without stolons or rhizomes up to c. 1 m tall. Inflorescence a panicle of 2-8 ovoid to spherical, dense clusters of spikelets, separate along the central axis. Spikelets 3-10 mm long, narrowly oblong, laterally compressed, grey-green flushed with purple. |
Notes: | In Zimbabwe, this is essentially a species of the E Hghlands, but it is spreading, in a weedy manner, along the main Harare / Mutare Rd, as far west as Ruwa. Surprisingly not recorded for Mozambique. |
Derivation of specific name: | congesta: congested (refers to a tight inflorescence) |
Habitat: | In wooded grassland, miombo woodland, vlei margins and roadsides, often in sandy soils and disturbed areas. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 750 - 1650 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | C,E |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Sunday 1 March 2009 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 345. Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Pages 121 - 122. (Includes a picture). Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 39. Poilecot, P. (2007). Eragrostis species of Zimbabwe Éditions Quae,Versailles, France Pages 152 - 153. (Includes a picture). |
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