Diagnostic ²

"Rhizome short. Culms 10-20 cm high, densely tufted. Leaves 5-10 x 0.1-0.2 cm, linear, folded; sheath keeled, closed, glabrous. Umbel 4 x 4 cm, compound; rays 3, secondary rays absent; bracts 3, unequal, longest 10 x 0.2 cm; spikes 1.2 x 0.8 cm, ovoid, oblong or globose. Spikelets 40-50 in a spike, ovate, 10-flowered; glumes 2 x 1 mm, lanceolate, keeled, curved; arista 1.5-2 mm long. Nut obovoid, obtuse, pale brown, smooth."

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More Info

• iNat taxon page
• African Plants - a photo guide
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• World Flora Online

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