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Annual. Culms 60–180 cm. high, erect. Inflorescence of 5–many racemes, these 3–6 cm. long bearing paired spikelets on a pubescent to triquetrous rhachis. Spikelets 3.5–5 mm. long, lanceolate, pubescent to pilose. Inferior glume absent; superior glume attenuate to an awn-point 1–3 mm. long. Inferior floret with a palea. Superior lemma with a mucro 1–2 mm. long. |
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| Habitat: | Mopane woodland, drainage courses and flood plains |
| Altitude range: | 60 - 1100 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Mozambique distribution: | Z |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 16. Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Page 86. 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. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 138. |
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