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Eulalia aurea
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| Synonyms: |
Andropogon aureus Bory Eulalia elata Peter Eulalia elata var. hirsuta Peter Eulalia ferruginea Stapf Eulalia geniculata Stapf Pogonatherum aureum (Bory) Roberty Pollinia homblei De Wild. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Locally common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial. Culms 50–150 cm high, ascending from a tuft or geniculately decumbent and mat-forming. Leaf laminas 3–6 mm wide, glabrous, acuminate to a filiform apex. Inflorescence of 2–4(15) racemes each 3–14 cm long, villous with rusty-brown to golden hairs. Spikelets 3.5–4.5 mm long, narrowly elliptic-oblong. Inferior glume convex on the back, with 2–3 faint intercarinal nerves, brown, fulvously pilose, truncate. Inferior lemma reduced to a little scale or absent. Superior lemma bifid for 1/3 its length, with or without a puberulous awn up to 20 mm long. |
| Notes: | Perennial grass, up to 1.5m tall, sometimes tufted but also mat-forming. Inflorescences and spikelets with rusty-brown or golden hairs. |
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| Habitat: | A species of seasonal swamps and vleis. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1500 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | From East Africa southwards to South Africa; also Réunion and Australia |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 16. Cope, T.A. (2002). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(4) Page 13. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 456. (Includes a picture). Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 41. As Eulalia geniculata 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 105. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 138. 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 189. |
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