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Aristida hordeacea Kunth | |
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Graminae Common names: Aristida, Fox-brush |
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| Description Erect tufted perennial 10-90 cm high with pubescent culm internodes. Leaf-blades flat or folded, 5-20 cm long and up to 5 mm wide with a blunt tip, sheaths compressed near the bottom. Panicle spike-like 5-15 cm long. Spikelets with subequal awned glumes 5-9 mm long, body of the lemma 5-7 mm long with an articulation just below the branching of the awns these subequal and 2.5-3.5 cm long. Habitat Shallow soils in wooded grassland. Altitude range 1300-1500 m (as from 400 m elsewhere). Distribution Kenya; also from northern Uganda and United Republic of Tanzania and throughout tropical Africa. Use Grazed, but not highly palatable. Similar Species Aristida congesta but that species has a clear twisted column at the top of the lemma. |
 Aristida hordeacea |
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