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Andropogon abyssinicus Fresen | |
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Graminae Common names: Andropogon |
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| Description Annual with geniculately ascending culms l0-80 cm high. Leaf-blades flat 5-26 cm long, 2-7 mm wide. Ligule membranous 1.5-2.5 mm long. Inflorescence of 2 terminal digitate usually densely hairy racemes 3-13 cm long. Internodes and pedicels linear or almost so, ciliate to densely hairy, sessile spikelets 6-11 mm long, lower glume lanceolate to elliptic ± flat on the back and evenly nerved between the keels, winged or not, long hairy, awn of the lemma 1.2-2.6 cm long. Pedicelled spikelets lanceolate 4-8.5 mm long rounded on the back, evenly nerved, winged, glabrous to hairy, 2-awned from the tip with the longer awn up to 5 mm long. Habitat Upland grassland Altitude range 1400-3000 m. Distribution Kenya; also in Uganda and Ethiopia. Use Valuable for grazing and fodder. Similar Species Andropogon amethystinus but that species is a perennial. |
 Andropogon abyssinicus |
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