Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Annuals or perennials.
Inflorescence of racemes along a central axis or a
panicle condensed about the primary branches (E.
meyeriana). Spikelets single, paired or clustered, elliptic, thinly biconvex, supported on a globular bead-like callus; lower glume vestigial (but present in E.
meyeriana), adnate to the swollen basal internode; upper glume as long as spikelet, often with an awn; upper lemma
coriaceous, granulate, usually mucronate.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Eriochloa Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=199
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings