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| Status: | Native |
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Perennial with slender pubescent rhizomes; culms 40–100 cm. high, wiry at the base. Leaf laminae 9–27 cm. × 2–6 mm., acute. Panicle 8–18 cm. long, oblong. Spikelets 2.4–2.8 mm. long, oblong, glabrous, obtuse; inferior glume broadly ovate 1/3 the length of the spikelet, 3-nerved; superior glume 5-nerved; inferior lemma 5-nerved, male, its palea well developed; superior lemma transversely rugulose. |
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| Habitat: | In woodland or bush. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Only known from Zimbabwe |
| FZ divisions: | N,C,E,S |
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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) Pages 16 - 17. 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. |