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Tufted perennial grass, rarely with a short rhizome with unbranched erect culms, up to 1.2 m high. Inflorescence a panicle, linear to narrowly lanceolate; branches whorled, of more or less equal length, except the lowermost being longer and more widely spread. Spikelets 2.5 - 3.5 mm long, reddish.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Petra Ballings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/images/10/105580-2.jpg
2. (c) Petra Ballings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/images/10/105580-3.jpg
3. (c) Petra Ballings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/images/10/105580-4.jpg
4. (c) Missouri Botanical Garden, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://images.mobot.org/tropicosthumbnails/Tropicos/255/MO-1742177.jpg
5. (c) Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/19232177

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