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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Dallis grass (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Tufted, usually geniculate, perennial. Culms 40-120 cm high. Racemes usually 3-5, each raceme 4-11 cm long. Spikelets 2.8-4 mm long, ovate, yellowish-green, paired in 2-4 rows along the rhachis. Upper glume sparsely pilose on the upper surface, ciliate on the margins; upper lemma pallid at maturity. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | dilatatum: widened, dilated |
| Habitat: | Common on roadside verges, as a weed in lawns and flower beds, sometimes in wet habitats, such as marshes and ditches. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 900 - 1600 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Native to South America, widely introduced as a forage grass elsewhere in the tropics, but often becoming a serious weed |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C,E,S |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| 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 42. Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Page 88. Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 69. 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. |
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