Plant descriptions ²

Densely tufted perennial. Leaves mostly basal; blades linear, filiformes, 30-70 cm long. Inflorescence terminal, paniculate, 6-15 cm long, purplish, solitary or close by 2, peduncles reduced; spikelets with long hairs in the marge or sparsely pubescent, sessiles, hermaphrodites, narrowly oblong, 7-9,5 mm long; upper flowers fertiles, 3-nerved, shorter than the glumes, large, bilobed to the sommet, ciliate, 10-15 mm long.

Elevation ²

1 000 - 2 500 m.

Similar species ²

Syn. Erianthus viguieri ; Lasiorrhachis viguieri ; Miscanthidium viguieri.

Reference ²

J Bosser, 1969. Graminées des pâturages et des cultures à Madagascar. ORSTOM, Paris, 440 p.

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• iNat taxon page
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