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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Coarse annual; culms up to 150 cm high, erect, supported by stilt-roots; leaf laminas 4–20 cm × 5–30 mm, lanceolate, cordate at the base and often amplexicaul, glabrous or hispidulous, the margins finely pectinate-ciliate. Inflorescence composed of 2–17 racemes, the lowermost whorled, the uppermost borne on a short common axis 1–5 cm long; racemes 5–15 cm long, very fragile. Sessile spikelet 5–13 mm long; inferior glume narrowly ovate; superior lemma with an awn 1.5–2.5 cm long. Pedicel a little longer than the sessile spikelet, glabrous. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | elegans: elegant |
| Habitat: | In grassland, on woodland margins and on lake shores in black clay soils |
| Altitude range: | 550 - 2300 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Throughout tropical Africa, extending through India to Indonesia |
| Mozambique distribution: | N |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 365. (Includes a picture). Cope, T.A. (2002). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(4) Pages 54 - 55. (Includes a picture). Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 62. Klaassen Esmerialda, E.S. & Craven P. (2003). Checklist of grasses in Namibia SABONET Report No. 20 Page 93. 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 111. |
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