Description ⁵

Robust perennial with long rhizomes. Culms to 7 m, usually simple. Leaves: lamina15–100 cm, green, rough beneath (at least towards the apex); apex attenuate, somewhat stiff to ± pungent. Panicle 15–60 cm, shape, green or tinged with purple. Spikelets 8–16 mm, usually with 4–8 florets; lower glume 2–4 mm, upper 3–5 mm, ovate to ovate-oblong; lower lemma 6–8 mm. lanceolate-oblong to oblong; succeeding lemmas 6–11 mm; callus hairs 4–7 mm.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Brian du Preez, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Brian du Preez
2. (c) Wynand Uys, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Wynand Uys
3. no rights reserved, uploaded by Andrew Deacon
4. (c) Ricky Taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ricky Taylor
5. (c) Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/30275116

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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