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| Synonyms: |
Dactyloctenium australe sensu B.K. Simon Dactyloctenium glaucophyllum var. somalicum Chiov. Dactyloctenium mucronatum var. angustius Andersson |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Tough, mat-forming perennial with wiry stolons; culms up to 120 cm tall, slender, ascending; leaf laminas 4–25 cm × 3–6 mm, flat, ± glabrous.Racemes (1)2–3, 3–7 cm long, diverging and often somewhat falcate.Spikelets 3–5.3 mm long, narrowly ovate, 3–6-flowered; glumes subequal, 1.3–1.8 mm long, the inferior broadly elliptic to ovate in profile, the superior broadly elliptic to narrowly obovate in profile, the smooth keel extended into a stout awn up to 1.5(2) times as long as the body; lemmas 3–3.8 mm long, lanceolate in profile, the keel smooth or only faintly scaberulous towards the apex, acute and mucronulate at the apex in the lower lemmas; palea keels wingless; anthers 1.1–1.7 mm long.Caryopsis c. 1 mm long, transversely rugose. |
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| Habitat: | Locally common mat-forming grass on littoral dunes, in sand on mangrove margins and in saline sandy clays on the coastal plain; also in seasonal swampy floodplain grassland and sandy river banks at low altitudes |
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| Worldwide distribution: | African east coast from Somalia to South Africa, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Pages 164 - 166. (Includes a picture). 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 102. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 134. |
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