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| Status: | Native |
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Annual up to 50(65) cm tall, geniculately ascending; leaf laminas 1–4 cm × 1.5–6 mm, lanceolate.Inflorescence 4–11(15) cm long, embraced below by the uppermost leaf sheath, the spikelets densely packed and ascending.Spikelets 4–5.5 mm long with a slender stipitiform callus 0.7–1.5 mm long; glumes irregularly appressed-scaberulous to pubescent, with a slender rather stiff awn, those of the 2 glumes similar, 15–25 mm long.Caryopsis flattened. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | vaginata, vaginate, sheathed, possessing a sheath, referring to the leaves. |
| Habitat: | Forming large colonies in woodland clearings and in disturbed areas, usually growing in damp sandy soil; also on roadside verges and around cultivated fields. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DR Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Pages 251 - 253. (Includes a picture). Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22 SANBI, Pretoria Page 203. 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. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 205. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 142. |