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Caespitose perennial with wiry culms up to 75 cm tall, arising from a knotty base; lower leaf sheaths persistent, chartaceous; leaf laminas 2–10 cm × 1–2 mm, the lowermost flat, the uppermost involute and filiform.Inflorescence of 1–5 digitate racemes, these 6–9 cm long with rhachis c. 0.5 mm wide.Spikelets 2.4–3.1 mm long; lemma c. 1.2 mm long, ovate, softly pilose on the nerves; palea softly pilose below. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | digitata: divided into lobes or leaflets like the fingers on a hand |
| Habitat: | On granitic outcrops, often in black soil in fissures in exposed granite domes |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1000 - 1400 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Known only from Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C,S |
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| Endemic status: | Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Data deficient |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Page 221. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 181. Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 131. 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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