Records determined by Fish

Common; around water pans in plain; growing to 2 m high; internodes creamish brown; blade green; inflorescence, pinkish red.

Occasional; locally abundant; stems golden yellow; bracts light purple-red; awns light brown at base, dark brown at tip.

Approx. 1 m tall; stems creamy yellow; leaves dark green; inflorescence yellow; stigmas purplish brown.

Common; in Kalahari woodland; on deep Kalahari sands; roots aromatic; blades light green; internodes yellow; inflorescence brown with green tints.

Common to dominant grass in Julbernardia/Brachystegia woodland on deep, light brown sands.

Herb, 1.0 m, erect. Glumes pale green at base, turning darker green. Awns tipped with red-brown. Occasional.

Occasional; in open areas; bracts purple, awns green.

Light green, ca. 20 cm. Common in open grassland. Stems green to light green; leaves green to light green; inflorescences brown to red-brown.

Common on wet pans on fringes of mopane woodland. Internodes green. Nodes brown. Blade green. Inflorescence brown to dull pink.

Occasional; culm-forming; perennial to 1.5 m; upper stem purple-red; bracts glaucous light purple.

Herb; 35 cm, erect. Anthers orange, conspicuous. Young fruits light green. Common in open areas.

Common; on open sands; internodes green and shiny; sheaths and blades green, hairy; inflorescence green with brown streaks.

Common; in Kalahari woodland; internodes light green; blades green; fruits green.

Approx. 50 cm tall; stems light green; leaves light green; flowers light green.

Frequent; grass, in full sun; shorter in pure sand; lower stems red-purple; red-purple at nodes; bracts light yellow-green, glumes with light purple tinge.

Plants co-dominant with Imperata cylindrica on periodically inundated and seasonally saturated light brown sands on upper edge of Govuru River floodplain.

Rare; to 2.5 m; plant attracts bees and other insects around its internodes and sheaths; inflorescence brown-green; fruits with spiky hairs.

Weedy; in rice field; from trailing stem, nodes and upper floral bracts red-purple.

Approx. 30 cm tall; stems yellowish green; leaves dark green; inflorescence greyish brown.

Widespread; annual; some leaves dark purple; bracts light purple.

In woodland on Kalahari sands; sheaths green with stellate hairs; flowers green to brown.

Occasional; grey leaves; light purple stems; glumes and bracts light green to light brown; red at ligule.

Frequent at edge of dry dambo; upper surface of peduncle and inflorescence bracts deep purple-red.

Occasional, in constantly wet area in mist of falls; plants pale green to yellow; bracts light green to red.

Graminoid; Notes: Marsh; locally common. Culms erect. Altitude: about 3000 feet.

Herb; 1.0 m, erect. Awns and glumes purplish. Occasional, among rocks.

Clamping; perennial; widespread; in Kalahari woodland; internodes green; blades green; inflorescence cream.

Graminoid; Notes: Attacked by gall mites (Aceria) abundantly.

Grass, ca. 25 cm tall; stems light green; leaves dark green-creamy at base, grey hairs; inflorescence very pale green with a brown tint.

Herb; erect to 65 cm. Among rocks. Bracts pale green with dull purple.

Lower stems, nodes and lower sheath parts red-pink; bracts dry brown.

Anthers purple-blue.

Occasional in woodland. Internodes green. Nodes brown. Sheath green. Inflorescence light brown.

Occasional; in woodland; ligule red; between grains of inflorescence also red to all red-purple.

Annual, abundant in mud flat; stem light yellow-green; outer floret bracts striped in deep red.

Rare in open areas in woodland. Stems brown. Sheath green. Blade green. Inflorescence purplish brown.

Occasional; slight incline to slope; bracts golden-brown.

Frequent; at edge of pan; stems pale green at base; ligules bristly light brown; upper stems reddish; bracts light brown; awns dark brown-black at seed, light tan distally.

Common; on Kalahari sands plain; to 1 m; internodes bluish green; sheath and blade dull green apearing purplish at the tips of blades; inflorescence cream-brown.

Annual; at edge of plain; bracts bright yellow.

Approx. 20 cm tall; stems yellow; leaves dark green; flowers yellow.

Grass growing as understory in Cyptosepalum thickets on Kalahari sands; stem pinkish brown and hairy with green hairy sheaths; flowers yellow with brown bracts.

Widespread; lower internodes reddish brown; upper ones green; nodes reddish brown; inflorescence dull yellow.

From sides of dambo; occasional; stems green with hairy sheaths; inflorescence red.

Occasional; grass to 1 m; internodes red-purple; inflorescence bracts and fringes red-purple.

Stems red at the base and light green apically; leaves from the nodes forming a brown sheath, light green. Inflorescences light brown, ca. 10 cm long; roots short and fibrous; common; in the swampy area.

Occasional; in Kalahari woodland; in clumps; internodes yellow, nodes deep yellow; sheaths deep green; ligule orange; blade dull green; inflorescence orange to light green, with brown glume.

Annual, common, in understory; bracts light green, glumes also; anthers yellow, stigma white.

Grass ca. 25 cm. Stems light green with brown tint; leaves light green with long soft white hairs; floral parts yellow to light green.

Perennial grass, common in shady sandy area near river; red awns, green at base. Red stigmas.

Occasional; at edge of dambo; stem and sheath reddish; bract reddish; stigma red.

20 m tall; stems light green at the top, yellowish green at the base; leaves papery light green; flowers yellowish green.

Grass, erect, 25 cm, in rocks. Stems light green, smooth and hard with a brown tint towards base. Inflorescence light green.

Herb; 60 cm, erect. Leaves soft, thin. Infructescence pale green, spreading. Young fruits with downy white hairs.

Common in shady understory. Stems green. Blade shiny, light green with white hairs on margins. Fruits green, hairs white.

Occasional, to 1 m; lower inflorescence bracts purple, others green.

Common in forest understory. Internodes green to brown. Blades green. Sheath hairy. Inflorescence brownish green.

Very rare; in dambo; annual in behavior; small, white flowers.

Annual, 30 cm, along roadside. Stems light green with reddish-brown tint; leaves dark green glabrous; inflorescence yellowish-green.

Herb; 60 cm, erect. Leaves grey-green to purplish. Awns eggplant purple, stiff. Common in open areas.

Arising from single stem; approx. 20 cm tall; stems creamy white; leaves smooth, dark green forming a light green sheath at the node; inflorescence white.

Occasional; nodes brown; bracts light green.

Uncommon grass ca. 1 m tall, shallow roots, brown inflorescence.

Herb; 60 cm, erect. Glumes yellow-green turning maroon at apex. Plant with white hairs especially at collar. Occasional.

In sand; in woodland; inflorescence with reddish-purple spikelets; locally abundant.

Herb; 80 cm, erect. Plant reddish at base. Fruiting bracts dusty brown with purple veins.

From open areas; in sand; to 1 m tall; bracts dried brown.

Frequent; along paths; to 0.75 m tall, bracts light green with fine, longitudinal stripes; glumes light green.

Occasional; near termite mounds; in woodland.

Occasional, in sunny patches; stems all green, bracts light green; glumes light brown.

Upright grass; in grassland; stem hard, red; leaves green, thin, long, ensheathed; roots fibrous; fruits small, hard; green seeds, clustered at top of plant.

Common short meadow grass.

To 60 cm. Stems yellow; leaves dark green; inflorescences dark brown.

Common along muddy pools. Stems pale green. Nodes brown. Blade green with white mid-vein. Inflorescence brown.

Annual; in sandy area; peduncle and outer bracts light purple; internodes lower sheath and ligule light purple.

Grass; of flat plain; to ca. 20 cm; reddish-brown, clustered; leaves reddish-brown, from base ensheathed; inflorescence reddish-yellow; common.

Occasional on gravel fringes in mopane woodland. Stems cream. Blade smooth. Sheath with white hairs. Flowers cream to green.

Widespread; and dominant; to 1.5 m; outer inflorescence bracts with black spots; awns dark brown and twisted.

Occasional; to 2.25 m; among rocks in drier woodland areas; stems waxy white at nodes; stems deep red, especially at nodes; glumes red at base, green at upper edge; awn brown; anthers bright yellow, turning orange.

Widespread; in drier areas near edge of pan; internodes bright red; light yellow, scarious leaf bases; ligule white, bristly; bracts light green; awns grey-brown.

Herb; 1.0 m, erect. Awns brown at base, golden at tips. Fruiting bracts with long, white, soft hairs. Near disturbed termite mound, among rocks.

Rare, on muddy pans on banks of gorge. Internodes brown. Blade green with white hairs on the margins. Flowers pink, fading to green.

Approx. 1 m tall; stems yellowish green; leaves dark green; flowers light green.

Occasional; perennial to 1.5 m; clumping; outer floral bracts with brown dots and bristles.

1.5 m; occasional; stems green; ligule dull yellow with brown; bracts yellow with green stripes; awns brown; stigmas white.

Widely-spaced; occasional; to 1.5 m; lower stem very hairy; nodes glaucous purple; stigma dark brown; bracts glaucous, purple-light green.