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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual; culms erect, 25–60 cm. high. Leaf laminae 6–16 cm. long and 4–8 mm. wide, linear or linear lanceolate, cordate, acute or finely pointed. Panicle 6–18 cm. long, oblong, moderately branched, the branches flexuous, ascending or appressed to the axis. Spikelets 2.5–3 mm. long, lanceolate, glabrous; inferior glume 1/2 the length of the spikelet, ovate, 1-nerved, acuminate; superior glume 7-nerved, acuminate; inferior lemma 7-nerved, acuminate, its palea poorly developed, sterile; superior lemma and palea glossy, pale or dark brown. |
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| Habitat: | Woodland on argillaceous or arenaceous soils |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1100 - 1300 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, Zimbabwe, not known elsewhere |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Page 21. 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. |
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