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Eragrostis viscosa
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Photo: Petra Ballings
Maleme Dam Rest Camp, Matobo National Park
Photo: Petra Ballings
Maleme Dam Rest Camp, Matobo National Park
Photo: Petra Ballings
Maleme Dam Rest Camp, Matobo National Park
Photo: Anneline Hill
By road to Mana Pools
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| Synonyms: |
Eragrostis strigosa Andersson Eragrostis transvaalensis Gand. Poa viscosa Retz. |
| Common names: | Sticky love grass (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Loosely tufted annual grass with erect culms up to 40 cm high, hairless at the nodes, with sticky glandular patches below the nodes. Leaf sheaths with sticky glandular patches below the collar; ligule a line of hairs. Leaves linear, 4–10 cm long, flat or with rolled-in margins, hairless or scattered hairs, sometimes with a tuberculate base. Panicle ovate to narrowly oblong, 4–15 cm long, rather dense; pedicels 1.5–2 mm long, short and stiff. Spikelets ovate-oblong, 1.5–4.5 mm long, lightly laterally compressed, 5–15-flowered; glumes subequal, 0.6–1.2 mm long, lightly keeled, keel thickened by a linear sticky yellow gland; lemmas oblong-elliptic in profile, 0.7–1.4 mm long, lightly keeled, membranous with distinct lateral nerves. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | viscosa: viscid, sticky |
| Habitat: | Usually in sandy places, in open woodland, grassland, granite sandveld and in disturbed habitats such as roadsides and areas of former cultivation. |
| Altitude range: | 530 - 1580 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | In tropical Africa and South Africa, eastwards through Arabia and India to Thailand and the Philippines; also in tropical America. |
| Mozambique distribution: | T,M |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. (2002). A checklist of Zimbabwean grasses Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 16. Pretoria. Page 7. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 24. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 16. Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Pages 70 - 71. 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 336. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 476. (Includes a picture). Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 41. 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 104. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 130. Poilecot, P. (2007). Eragrostis species of Zimbabwe Éditions Quae,Versailles, France Pages 68 - 69. (Includes a picture). Roodt, V. (2015). Grasses & Grazers of Botswana and the surrounding savanna Struik Nature, South Africa Pages 132 - 133. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 138. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 189. Van Oudtshoorn, F.P. (1992). Grasses of South Africa Briza Publications, South Africa Page 142. (Includes a picture). |
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