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Chloris virgata
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Photo: Petra Ballings
By main Harare to Bulawayo Rd, south of Kwekwe
Photo: Petra Ballings
By main Harare to Bulawayo Rd, south of Kwekwe
Photo: Petra Ballings
By main Harare to Bulawayo Rd, south of Kwekwe
Photo: Petra Ballings
By main Harare to Bulawayo Rd, south of Kwekwe
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| Synonyms: |
Chloris brachystachys Andersson Chloris elegans Kunth Chloris virgata var. elegans (Kunth) Stapf |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Robust annual grass, up to 90 cm tall, sometimes rooting at the lower nodes. Leaves up to 24 cm long, flat or folded, tapering to a fine point. Inflorescence of 4-12 digitate racemes 4.5-10cm long. Spikelets 2-3-flowered, 2-awned; inferior glume 2–2.5 mm long; superior glume 3.2–3.6 mm long; floret callus rounded; fertile lemma 2.8–3.2 mm long, obliquely obovate and somewhat gibbous in profile, pallid or dark, ciliate on the margins, keel and flanks and with a subapical crown of hairs 1.5–4 mm long on each side, the awn 8–12 mm long; 2nd lemma oblong, 2–2.5 mm long, glabrous, with an awn 6–9 mm long; 3rd lemma (when present) an awnless clavate scale 0.5–1.2 mm long. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | virgata: twiggy |
| Habitat: | A common weedy species of disturbed ground. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1680 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread throughout the tropics |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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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 13. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 8. Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Pages 212 - 213. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 131. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 447. (Includes a picture). Isaiah, A.M. & Komi, T. (2015). Grasses in the Botswana National Botanic Garden South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria Page 9. (Includes a picture). Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 33. 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 101. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 127. Roodt, V. (2015). Grasses & Grazers of Botswana and the surrounding savanna Struik Nature, South Africa Pages 68 - 69. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 133. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 187. Van Oudtshoorn, F.P. (1992). Grasses of South Africa Briza Publications, South Africa Page 231. (Includes a picture). |
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