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Digitaria corradii Chiov. Digitaria flexilis Henrard Digitaria friesii Pilg. Digitaria preslii (Kunth) Henrard Digitaria propinqua (R.Br.) Beauv. Digitaria pseudodurva (Nees) Schlechtend. Digitaria roxburghii Spreng. Milium filiforme Roxb. Panicum propinquum R.Br. Panicum pseudodurva Nees Paspalum longiflorum Retz. Paspalum preslii Kunth Paspalum pubescens J.S. Presl |
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A loosely caespitose annual or short lived perennial, sometimes with a short rhizome or matforming with creeping runners, rooting at the nodes. Culms 20–50(70) cm., erect, ascending or creeping, glabrous, nodes dark and glabrous. Leaf sheaths glabrous to loosely hairy. Ligule 0.5–1.5 mm. long, truncate, entire. Leaflaminae (1)5–10(15) × 0.2×0.6 cm., linear, flat, smooth or minutely scaberulous, subglabrous or with scattered bulbous based bristles on both surfaces, scabrous along the margin. Inflorescence composed of (1)2(4) racemes, (1.5)2.5–10(17) cm. long, one subsessile, the other pedicellate on a very short common axis, erect to patent. Rhachis broadly winged, up to 1.2 mm. broad, smooth with scabrous margins. Pedicels 3-nate, 0.5–2.5 mm. long, subterete, smooth, broadened at the apex. Spikelets (1.2)1.5–2.0(2.2) mm. long, ovate-oblong, broadest in or above the middle. Inferior glume obsolete, truncate, nerveless, hyaline. Superior glume as long as the spikelet, ovateoblong, 3–5-nerved, appressed hairy, hairs fine, slightly undulating, whitish or purplish tinged, with rough, papillose walls. Inferior lemma as long as the spikelet, ovate-oblong with narrow, recurved margins, (5)7-nerved, appressed hairy. Superior lemma as long as the spikelet, oblong, acute, pale yellow to bluish green. |
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| Habitat: | Disturbed or open sites in miombo woodland, fallow land and roadsides. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in the Palaeotropics |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 342. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 21. Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Pages 166 - 167. (Includes a picture). Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 35. 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 102. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 134. |
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