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Andropogon chrysostachyus Steud. | |
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Graminae Common names: Andropogon |
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| Description Perennial densely tufted or on a short thick rhizome, culms 10-110 cm high. Leaf-blades flat 2-40 cm long, 1-5 mm wide, with short sheath auricles 0.5 mm long and lacerated membranous ligule 0.5-1.5 mm long this sometimes accompanied by a line of long hairs up to 3 mm long. Inflorescence golden brown of 2-9 racemes borne on an axis up to 4 cm long; racemes 2-8 cm long, villous with brown hairs. Internodes and pedicels linear, fulvously ciliate. Sessile spikelets 5-8 mm long, brown, with the lower glume ± flattened on the back, awn of the lemma 8-20 mm long. Pedicelled spikelet lanceolate, 4-8 mm rarely up to 10 mm long, acute to mucronate. Habitat Upland grassland and forest clearings often on wet ± water-logged soils. Altitude range 2100-3300 m. Distribution Kenya; also in United Republic of Tanzania and Ethiopia Use Grazed by stock; it could be of high grazing value, however it has a low productivity even with application of fertilizer. Similar Species Eulalia aurea in having brown villous hairs on the racemes, but spikelets of a pair are smaller (3.5-4.5 mm long) and similar. |
 Andropogon chrysostachyus |
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