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Perennial herbs, rarely exceeding 40 cm. Inflorescence a compact, dense, white (in ours), head. Each head consists of several rounded or ovate pseudospikelets; each pseudospikelet is composed of spirally arranged scales (referred to here as pseudoglumes); each scale subtends a flower. Perianth segments 0. Nutlet usually obovoid and minutely papillose. Zimbabwe: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| microcephala (Steud.) R.W. Haines & Lye | N,W,C | |
| polyphylla (A. Rich.) Lye | N |
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