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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Tufted, pilose annual with culms 10–40 cm. high. Leaf laminae 6–14 cm. long, narrowly lanceolate, acute. Panicle 4–20 cm. long, ovate or oblong, much branched, the branches fine and spreading or ascending. Spikelets 1.8–2 mm. long, ovate oblong, glabrous, purple tinged; inferior glume broadly ovate 2/3 the length of the spikelet, 3–5-nerved, acuminate; superior glume ovate, 5–7-nerved, acuminate; inferior lemma similar to the superior glume, sterile, its palea poorly developed; superior lemma and palea dark, glossy. |
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| Habitat: | Disturbed places in farmland and bushland |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 100 - 2200 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | NW. India, occurring Northwards into DRC and Ethiopia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Page 25. 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 107. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 141. |
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