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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual with weakly erect or decumbent culms 10–35 cm. long. Leaf laminae 3–4.5 cm. long and 2–5 mm. wide, linear, sharply acute. Panicle axillary and terminal, 3–8 cm. long, ovate, sparsely to moderately branched, the secondary branches short and appressed. Spikelets 2.5–3 mm. long, narrowly ovate, glabrous; inferior glume 1/2 the length of the spikelet, broadly ovate, 1-nerved, acuminate; superior glume 7-nerved, acuminate; inferior lemma 5-nerved, acuminate, its palea poorly developed, sterile; superior lemma and palea pallid. |
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| Habitat: | Grassland |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1000 m (approx) |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Only known from the type specimen, Zimbabwe |
| FZ divisions: | W |
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| Endemic status: | Endemic |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Page 21. 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. |