| Home | > | List of families | > | Poaceae | > | Perotis | > | vaginata |
| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | |
| Description: |
Annual up to 50(65) cm tall, geniculately ascending; leaf laminas 1–4 cm × 1.5–6 mm, lanceolate.Inflorescence 4–11(15) cm long, embraced below by the uppermost leaf sheath, the spikelets densely packed and ascending.Spikelets 4–5.5 mm long with a slender stipitiform callus 0.7–1.5 mm long; glumes irregularly appressed-scaberulous to pubescent, with a slender rather stiff awn, those of the 2 glumes similar, 15–25 mm long.Caryopsis flattened. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | vaginata, vaginate, sheathed, possessing a sheath, referring to the leaves. |
| Habitat: | Forming large colonies in woodland clearings and in disturbed areas, usually growing in damp sandy soil; also on roadside verges and around cultivated fields |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 850 - 1680 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, DRC, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Pages 251 - 253. (Includes a picture). 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 108. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 142. |
| Home | > | List of families | > | Poaceae | > | Perotis | > | vaginata |