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| Synonyms: |
Sporobolus andongensis Rendle Sporobolus baumianus Pilg. Sporobolus bianoensis De Wild. Sporobolus conrathii Chiov. Sporobolus macrothrix Pilg. Sporobolus micranthus Conrath & Hack. |
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Caespitose perennial arising from a short oblique rhizome; culms up to 60 cm tall, erect, unbranched; basal leaf sheaths firmly chartaceous to subcoriaceous, glabrous and glossy, terete, persistent; leaf laminas 2–10 cm × 0.75–1.5 mm, weakly involute-filiform, pubescent to pilose above, glabrous to pilose beneath, cartilaginous and scabrid on the margins, acute at the apex.Panicle 3–20 cm long, narrowly ovate, very diffuse; primary branches not in whorls, sub-dichotomously branched, the branchlets and pedicels capillary, smooth or scaberulous, eglandular, widely diverging, with a distinct pulvinus in the axils, this glabrous to thinly bearded with long white hairs, the spikelets evenly distributed.Spikelets(0.9)1.4–1.8 mm long, dark greyish-green; inferior glume 1/3–1/2 the length of the spikelet, broadly elliptic, nerveless, glabrous, obtuse at the apex; superior glume 1/2–3/4(4/5) the length of the spikelet, ovate, nerveless, glabrous, obtuse to subacute at the apex; lemma as long as the spikelet, 1-nerved, narrowly ovate, subacute at the apex; palea 1-nerved; rhachilla not produced; anthers 3, 0.7–1 mm long.Grain 0.6–0.8 mm long, narrowly elliptic to elliptic. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | welwitschii: named after the Austrian botanist, Friedrich Martin Welwitsch (1806-1872) |
| Habitat: | In montane grassland, and watershed grassland on Kalahari Sand, and in floodplain, dambo and river terrace grasslands, and in short grassland on rocky hillsides |
| Altitude range: | 395 - 1700 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 52. Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Pages 195 - 196. 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 110. |
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