Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Perennials.
Spikelets borne in triads with connate pedicels; peduncle developing a hook-like flexure at maturity and the triads falling entire. Spikelets brown. Lower lemma 5-nerved. Upper lemma with or without hair-tufts, 2-lobed with a persistent geniculate awn.
Callus of the upper floret short, broadly rounded. Palea keels with or without narrow wings.
- 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). Zonotriche Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=219
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
