Eragrostis arenicola C.E. Hubb.

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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique

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Synonyms:	Eragrostis ciliaris sensu Stent & Rattray non (L.) R.Br.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Loosely tufted annual with erect or ascending, wiry culms up to 50 cm high, hairless at the nodes, with a ring of yellowish glands below the nodes; ligule a line of hairs. Leaves linear, 3–15 cm long, flat or rolled in, hairless and without glands, blueish-green to green. Panicle narrowly lanceolate to linear-oblong, 4–22 cm long, contracted and dense with ascending branches; pedicels 0.6–2 mm long; branches and pedicels with more or less oblong non-sticky glands. Spikelets narrowly oblong to ovate, 2.5–4.5 mm long, lightly laterally compressed, 6–12-flowered; glumes unequal, lightly keeled, narrowly oblong to lanceolate in profile, hairless; inferior glume 1–1.6 mm long; superior glume 1.3–2 mm long; lemmas oblong to oblong-elliptic in profile, 1–1.5 mm long, lightly keeled.
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Derivation of specific name:	arenicola: sand loving.
Habitat:	Grasslands and wooded grasslands, dambo margins, river sides, lake-shores and floodplains, usually Kalahari Sand and other sandy soils. Often weedy in disturbed areas.
Altitude range:	Up to 1650 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Throughout tropical Africa
Mozambique distribution:	N,T,M
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Content last updated:	Saturday 3 August 2019
Literature:	Chapano, C. (2002). A checklist of Zimbabwean grasses Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 16. Pretoria. Page 5. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 24. Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Pages 72 - 74. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 133. Fish, L., Mashau, A.C., Moeaha, M.J. & Nembudani, M.T. (2015). Identification Guide to Southern African Grasses Strelitzia 36 South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria Page 292. Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 38. 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 103. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 129. Poilecot, P. (2007). Eragrostis species of Zimbabwe Éditions Quae,Versailles, France Pages 72 - 73. (Includes a picture).

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