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60 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, annual, 60 cm high grass. Leaves linear, course to touch. Ligule a fringed membrane. Inflorescence a terminal, contracted panicle. Occasional.

80 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, annual, 80 cm high grass. Leaves linear, basal. Ligule a fringed membrane. Inflorescence a terminal, contracted panicle. Occasional, in full sun, in gravel along road verge.

50 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, annual, 50 cm high grass. Ligule a fringed membrane, Inflorescence a terminal, contracted panicle. Spikelets straw coloured when mature. Occasional.

80 cm high; grass; Notes: Rhizomatous, 80 cm high, yellow-green, softly pubescent grass. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Spikelets secund, hairy. Occasional.

grass; Notes: Tufted, perennial, softly pubescent grass. Cataphylls hairy. Leaves ovate, tapering to a fine point. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Spikelets secund, hairy. Occasional, in full sun, in sandy soil of moist depression.

grass; Notes: Tufted, softly pubescent grass. Leaves lanceolate. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Spikelets secund, straw coloured when mature. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun.

80 cm high; grass; Notes: Perennial, softly pubescent, 90 cm high grass. Leaves lanceolate. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Spikelets secund, softly pubescent. Occasional, in full sun in sandy soil.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, pubescent, rhizomatous perennial, 1 m high grass. Cataphylls hairy. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Spikelets secund, hairy. Occasional.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, rhizomatous, 1 m high grass. Leaves coarse to the touch, ovate, tapering to a fine point, curling when dry. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal raceme, straw coloured. Occasional, in full sun, on termite mound.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Annual, 1 m high grass. Nodes red coloured. Leaves with midrib red coloured, margin finely serrate. Inflorescence a terminal raceme with hairs at the point of attachment of raceme branches. Uncommon, in moist clay, in full sun.

1.2 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 1.2 m high, yellow-green grass. Leaves ovate. Ligule a membrane. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Spikelets clustered. Occasional.

grass; Notes: Tufted, 2 m high grass. Leaves blue-green in colour. Ligule a fringed membrane, base cordate. Inflorescence terminal, spikelets clustered. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun in moist depression.

grass; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high grass. Ligule a membrane. Leaf base cordate. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Common, in full sun, in sandy soil.

grass; Notes: Tufted grass. Leaves linear, blue-green. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescencea spike. Spikelet awns twisted, black.

grass; Notes: Tall tufted, 2 m high, yellow-green grass. Leaves ovate. Ligule a membrane. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Spikelets clustered. Occasional.

2 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 2 m high grass, blue-green in colour. Leaves ovate, tapering to a fine point, leaf base cordate. Ligule a membrane. Common, in damp clay soil of omuramba, in full sun.

20 cm high; grass; Notes: Stoloniferous, 20 cm high grass. Leaves ovate. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal, digitate raceme. Common, in moist sandy soil of vlei, in full sun.

grass; Notes: Stoloniferous, matforming, 50 cm high grass. Leaves ovate. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal, digitate raceme. Common.

50 cm high; grass; Notes: Stoloniferous, 50 cm high grass. Inflorescence a terminal, digitate raceme. Common.

40 cm high; grass; Notes: Matforming, ascendent, 40 cm high grass. Leaves ovate to linear, ligule a fringe of hairs, a tuft of hair at auricle. Inflorescence a terminal, digitate raceme. Common, in full sun, in moist sandy soil of omuramba.

80 cm high; sedge; Notes: Bulbous, 80 cm high sedge. Culms triangular. Inflorescence terminal, subtended by three leafy bracts, branched. Common, in sandy soil in full sun.

50 cm high; sedge; Notes: Bulbous, 50 cm high sedge. Basal part red-brown. Culm triangular. Inflorescence subtended by 3 leafy bracts. Spikelets white, clustered. Occasional, in full sun, in sandy soil of omuramba.

sedge; Notes: Tufted, annual, bulbous based sedge. Leaves mainly basal. Culms triangular. Inflorescence terminal, subtended by three leafy bracts. Spikelets clustered, white. Occasional, in full sun, in sandy soil.

70 cm high; sedge; Notes: Bulbous based, annual, 50 cm high sedge. Leaves basal, linear. Culms triangular. Inflorescence terminal, subtended by 3 leafy bracts. Spikelets white, clustered. Occasional, in sandy soil, in shade of tree.

70 cm high; sedge; Notes: 70 cm high sedge. Leaves basal, lanceolate. Culms striate, triangular. Heads terminal, subtended by three leafy bracts, clustered, white. Occasional, in full sun, in sandy soil.

60 cm high; sedge; Notes: Rhizomatous, 60 cm high sedge. Culms triangular. Inflorescence terminal, subtended by three unequal leafy bracts. Spikelets terminal, clustered, white. Bulb scales red-brown. Occasional, in sandy soil in full sun.

90 cm high; sedge; Notes: Bulbous, 90 cm high sedge. Stems triangular. Bulb scales light brown. Inflorescence subtended by 3 leafy bracts. Spikelets clustered, white. Uncommon, in sandy soil of firebreak, in full sun.

60 cm high; sedge; Notes: Bulbous based, 60 cm high sedge. Leaves linear, mainly basal. Culm triangular. Inflorescence terminal, subtended by 3 leafy bracts. Spikelets clustered, white. Occasional, in full sun, in moist sandy soil.

80 cm high; grass; Notes: Prostrate, 80 cm high grass. Leaves ovate, margin serrate, base cordate. Ligule a fringed membrane. Inflorescence a terminal, digitate raceme. Spikelet secund. Converging point of inflorescence branches hairy. Uncommon.

70 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 70 cm high grass. Culm nodes purple coloured. Ligule a membrane. Inflorescence a soft, digitate raceme. Occasional, in sandy soil, in full sun.

90 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 90 cm high grass. Culms geniculate. Ligule a fringed membrane. Inflorescence a terminal, digitate raceme, junction of raceme branches hairy. Occasional.

Herb; Notes: Annual herb. Stems white tomentose, upright. Leaves ovate, tapering into a petiole, under surface grey tomentose, upper surface light green, margin serrate. Uncommon, in clay, in full sun.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high grass. Ligule a membrane, delicate. Inflorescence a terminal, digitate raceme. Common.

grass; Notes: Tufted, rhizomatous grass. Basal parts pubescent. Ligule a membrane. Inflorescence a terminal, digitate raceme. Occasional.

grass; Notes: Tufted, 2 m high grass, yellow green in colour. Ligule a membrane. Inflorescence a terminal, digitate raceme. Occasional, in moist sandy soil of omuramba, in full sun.

60 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 60 cm high, softly pubescent grass. Culm nodes covered by a ring of soft hairs. Leaves lanceolate, tapering to a fine point. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal, soft, contracted panicle. Common, in full sun, in gravel along road verge.

70 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, softly pubescent, 70 cm high grass. Culms geniculate. Culm nodes covered by soft hairs. Occasional, in full sun, in gravel along roadside.

60 cm high; grass; Notes: Anual, 60 cm high grass. Culms geniculate, softly pubescent. Culm nodes thickened, covered by soft hairs. Leaves ovate, tapering to a fine point. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a soft, contrcated panicle.Common, in full sun along roadverge.

90 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 90 cm high grass. Culms geniculate. Nodes red coloured. Leaves ovate. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence an open panicle. Spikelets straw coloured. Lowest inflorescence branches whorled with a tuft of axillary hairs. Common.

90 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, yellow-green, 90 cm high grass. Leaves inrolled. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence an open panicle, straw coloured. Common. In WIND under Eragrostis rigidior

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high blue-green grass. Leaves ovate. Ligule a fringed membrane. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle, lowest inflorescence branches whorled. Bushmen (Caprivi) use it for thatching. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun. Filed at WIND as Eragrostis rigidior

90 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 90 cm high grass. Culms geniculate. Leaves lanceolate. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Inflorescence branches whorled. Common, in full sun, in sandy soil. Filed at WIND as Eragrostis rigidior

Graminoid; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high grass. Ligue a fringe of hairs. Leaves inrolled. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Inflorescence branches whorled, a tuft of hairs protruding from the axils of the inflorescence branches. Occasional, in sandy soil in full sun.

grass; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high grass. Leaves ovate. Ligule a membrane. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Common, in full sun, in damp clay soil of omuramba.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high grass, blue-green in colour. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence an open panicle, branches purple. Spikelets linear, straw coloured with a purple tinge. Common, in moist sandy soil of vlei.

Graminoid; Notes: Tall, annual, blue-green grass. Leaves inrolled, tapering to a fine point. Ligule a fringed membrane. Culm nodes yellow coloured. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high grass. Leaves ovate, inrolled. Inflorescence an open panicle, spikelets cordate, straw-coloured when mature. Uncommon.

1 m high; grass; Notes: 1 m high grass. Leaves ovate. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Spikelets cordate, straw coloured with a red tinge. Common, in full sun, moist sandy soil of depression.

70 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 70 cm high grass. Leaves ovate. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Spikelets cordate, straw coloured. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun.

grass; Notes: Tufted grass. Ligule a fringe of hairs with a tuft of woolly hairs. Leaves ovate, tapering to a fine point. Inflorescence an open panicle. Spikelets cordate, straw coloured. Occasional.

Shrub; Notes: Exposure: full sun. Perennial. Uncommon. Height: 1 m. Leaves: opposite, olive green, very hairy, soft to touch, serrate. Stem greenish white, very pubescent. Fruit 3-locular, green. Other: loamy sandy soil. Along road verge.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high, rhizomatous grass. Leaves folded in middle, ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal spike. Spikelet awns brown, twisted. Common.

grass; Notes: Tufted grass. Leaves folded in the middle. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal spike. Spikelet awns black, twisted. Occasional.

80 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 80 cm high grass. Leaves linear, blue-green. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a spike. Awns dark brown to black, twisted. Occasional, in gravel, in full sun along roadverge.

990 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, yellow-green, 90 cm high grass. Dried leaves red tinged. Inflorescence terminal. Spikelet awns twisted. Occasional, in full sun, in gravel along roadside.

2 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, yellow-green 2 m high grass. Leaves ovate, tapering to a sharp point. Ligule a membrane. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Occasional.

2 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 2 m high, yellow-green in colour grass. Ligule a triangular membrane. Spikelets terminal, pedicellate. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun.

grass; Notes: Tufted, yellow-green grass. Ligule a triangular membrane. Spikelets terminal, pedicellate.

60 cm high; sedge; Notes: 60 cm high sedge. Stem triangular. Inflorescence subtended by leafy bracts, terminal, globular, white. Occasional, in shade of tree, in sandy soil of omuramba.

40 cm high; sedge; Notes: 40 cm high sedge. Culms triangular. Inflorescence terminal, subtended by leafy bracts, globular, white. Leaves linear. In full sun in moist sandy soil.

20 cm high; sedge; Notes: 20 cm high sedge. Leaves lanceolate. Culms triangular. Heads globose, terminal, white. Uncommon, in moist sandy soil, in shade of trees.

30 cm high; sedge; Notes: Tufted, 30 cm high sedge. Leaves linear. Culms triangular. Inflorescence terminal, subtended by three leafy bracts, globose, white. Occasional, in sandy soil, in full sun.

40 cm high; sedge; Notes: Annual, 40 cm high sedge. Culms triangular. Inflorescence terminal, subtended by three leafy bracts, globular, white. Occasional, under tree.

80 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 80 cm high. Leaves softly pubescent, decurrent. Occasional, in full sun.

Herb; Notes: Shrubby herb, softly pubescent. Leaves decurrent. Strongly aromatic. Uncommon, in full sun in gravel along roadverge.

80 cm high; Herb; Notes: Shrubby herb, 80 cm high, soft to the touch, white tomentose. Leaves decurrent, veins prominent on undersurface. Strongly aromatic. Occasional, in full sun, in sandy soil along roadverge.

Shrub; Notes: Hirsute shrub. Leaves opposite, ovate, margin serrate, veins prominent on undersurface. Inflorescence terminal. Ray florets dark yellow, spread open, disc florets yellow. Uncommon.

Shrub; Notes: Shrubby, stems scabrid, red tinged. Leaves opposite, ovate, veins prominent below, margin serrate. Flower heads terminal, axillary, yellow. Common, in full sun.

50 cm high; Herb; Notes: 50 cm high, hirsute herb. Leaves opposite, decussate, ovate, margin serrate. Heads terminal, ray and disc florets yellow. Common, in shade of trees in sandy soil.

90 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 90 cm high grass. Old leaves curled, pubescent. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Nodes thickened, covered with soft hairs. Occasional.

60 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, annual, 60 cm high grass. Culms thin, red tinged. Nodes thickened. Inflorescence an open, terminal panicle. Spikelets soft hairy. Common

90 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 90 cm high, softly pubescent grass. Leaves ovate, ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Spikelets white hairy. Occasional, in full sun.

grass; Notes: Annual, tufted, softly pubescent grass. Nodes covered with soft hairs. Inflorescence an open, terminal panicle. Spikelets soft hairy. Occasional, in sandy soil, in full sun.

grass; Notes: 1 m high grass. Leaves lanceolate, softly pubescent. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Culm nodes thickened and hairy. Inflorescence a terminal panicle, delicate. Uncommon, in sandy soil in full sun.

90 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 90 cm high grass. Culm nodes covered by a ring of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal panicle. Occasional.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high, annual, softly pubescent grass. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaves ovate. Culm nodes covered by soft hairs. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Common, in sandy soil in full sun.

80 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 80 cm high, softly pubescent grass. Nodes covered with soft hairs. Leaves ovate. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Spikelets hairy. Uncommon. In damp clay soil of omuramba in full sun.

grass; Notes: Tufted, 2 m high grass. Leaves inrolled, ligule a fringed membrane. Culms red tinged. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Inflorescence branches sub-opposite to whorled. Common, in full sun.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high grass. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence an open panicle. Occasional, in sandy soil of firebreak, in full sun.

90 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 90 cm high grass. Leaves ovate, base cordate, clasping stem, purple tinged, margin serrate. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Spikelet bristles purple tinged. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun.

90 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 90 cm high grass. Leaves ovate, margin ciliate. Ligule a membrane. Inflorescence a terminal spike, awns purple, soft. Occasional, in full sun, in sandy soil.

Shrub; Notes: Exposure: full sun. Perennial. Relatively common. Height: 2 m. Flowers: axillary buds. Leaves: alternate, soft, pubescent, whitish green. Stipules present. Stems and bark: brown, hairy. Other: sandy soil along road verge.

70 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 70 cm high grass. Leaves ovate, pubescent. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Common, in sandy soil of omuramba.

grass; Notes: Tufted, glandular pubescent grass. Cataphylls hairs. Culms red tinged. Leaves ovate. Ligule a fringed membrane. Inflorescence a terminal panicle. Common.

90 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 90 cm high, softly pubescent grass. Leaves ovate. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal panicle. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun.

70 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 70 cm high grass. Leaves ovate, tapering to a fine point. Softly pubescent. Inflorescence a terminal, contracted panicle. Spikelets straw coloured, awned. Common, in full sun, in sandy soil.

80 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, softly pubescent, 90 cm high grass. Leaves lanceolate, terminating to a fine point. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal raceme, spikelets awned. Occasional, in full sun in sandy soil.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high grass. Cataphylls hairy. Leaves ovate, softly pubescent. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal raceme, spikelets awned. Mature spikelets straw coloured. Common, in sandy soil in full sun.

70 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 70 cm high, gladular pubescent grass. cataphylls hairy. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Spikelets awned, straw coloured. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun.

90 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 90 cm high grass. Leaves ovate. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal, contracted panicle. Spikelets awned. Common, in damp clay soil of omuramba in full sun.

grass; Notes: Tufted, perennial, softly pubescent grass. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaves ovate, tapering to a fine point. Inflorescence a raceme, spikelets clustered.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, perennial, 1 m high, softly pubescent grass. Leaves ovate. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal spike, bristles yellow coloured. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun in moist depression.

80 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 80 cm high grass. Leaves ovate, softly pubescent. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal raceme, bristles yellow. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, blue-green, 1 m high grass. Basal sheaths pubescent. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal spike. Spikelet bristles yellow. Occasional.

80 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 80 cm high grass. Leaves mainly basal. Inflorescence an open panicle, red tinged, delicate. Common.

grass; Notes: Tufted, rhizomatous, 1 m high grass. Leaves ovate, tapering to a fine point. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Occasional.

grass; Notes: Tufted, blue-green, rhizomatous grass. Leaves ovate, tapering to a fine point. Ligule a fringed membrane. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Occasional.

80 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, annual, 80 cm high grass. Ligule a tuft of hairs. Leaves linear. Inflorescence an open, terminal panicle. Spikelet awns plumose. Occasional.

grass; Notes: Annual grass. Leaves linear. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence an open, lax panicle. Common.

grass; Notes: Tufted, annual grass. Leaves linear. Ligule a tuft of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Spikelet awns plumose.

90 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, annual, 90 cm high grass. Leaves linear, inrolled. Inflorescence an open panicle. Spikelet awns plumose. Occasional.

50 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 50 cm high grass. Leaves linear. Ligule an open panicle. Awns plumose. Localised in damp clay soil of omuramba, in full sun.

grass; Notes: Tufted, 2 m high grass. Ligule a fringed membrane. Leaf margin serrate. Inflorescence clustered. Common.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high grass. Culms red tinged. Young growth softly pubescent. Ligule a membrane. Spikelets red-brown coloured when mature. Common, in damp clay soil of omuramba in full sun.

15 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 15 cm high grass. Leaves ovate, base cordate, margin ciliate. Inflorescence a terminal spike. Spikelets covered with soft, hooked spines. Common, next to field, in moist sandy soil.

40 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 40 cm high grass. Leaves ovate, base cordate, margin cilliate. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Spikelets covered with soft hooked spines. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun.

grass; Notes: Annual grass. Leaves ovate, base cordate, margin entire, red tinged. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal, open raceme. Plant pubescent.

70 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 70 cm high, ascendant grass. Culms geniculate, rooting at nodes, nodes thickened. Plant softly pubescent. Leaves ovate, margin ciliate, ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal raceme, spikelets secund. Occasional, in gravel along roadverge.

60 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herbaceous, 60 cm high. Leaves opposite, ovate, margin serrate. Inflorescence terminal, (ray florets) florets pale blue-purple.

Shrub; Notes: Perennial shrub. Height: 1 m. Occurrence: abundant. Flower: flowerheads purple, terminal clusters. Leaves: alternate, margin serrate, grey-green, hairy. Other: sandy soil along road verge. Exposure: full sun.