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Status: | Native |
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Tufted perennial; culms erect, 45–90 cm. high. Leaf laminae 7–20 cm. long, 3–5 mm. wide, linear. Panicle 7–14 cm. long, ovate, sparsely branched. Spikelets 3–4.5 mm. long, oblong, blunt or acute; inferior glume narrowly ovate, 1/3 the length of the spikelet, 3-nerved; superior glume ovate, 9-nerved, acute; inferior lemma ovate, 9-nerved, enclosing a male flower, its palea well developed; superior lemma shiny and minutely scaberulous at the apex. |
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Habitat: | Grassland beside rivers, on loamy soil. |
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Worldwide distribution: | southern Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Page 19. 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 107. |
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