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Rhizomatous and stoloniferous perennial up to 85 cm tall, erect or ascending; leaf laminas 10–30 cm × 4–7 mm, flat, tapering to a fine point.Inflorescence of 4–6 digitate or subdigitate racemes 5–8 cm long.Spikelets 2-flowered, 2-awned; inferior glume 2–2.5 mm long; superior glume 3.3–3.9 mm long; floret callus oblong; fertile lemma c. 3.5 mm long, elliptic in profile, pallid, sparsely ciliate on the margins above, otherwise glabrous, the awn 8–12 mm long; 2nd lemma a narrowly oblong scale c. 1 mm long, with an awn 2–8 mm long. |
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| Habitat: | In shade of riverine and kloof forest |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1400 - 1700 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | South Africa (Transvaal), Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Page 212. 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 101. |
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