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Aristida somalensis Stapf | |
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Graminae Common names: Aristida somalensis |
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| Description Tufted perennial up to 40 cm high and rounded glabrous leaf-sheath bases. Leaf-blades convolute rather rigid up to 34 cm long. Panicle open to loosely contracted with branches bare for 1/2 their length. Spikelets with unequal glumes the lower 8-12 mm long, the upper 13-18 mm long, both acuminate, body of the lemma 6-8 mm long passing into the twisted column without any articulation, column 7-10 mm long, awns subequal, 25-40 mm long.
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Habitat Dry bushland. Altitude range ± 900m. Distribution Kenya; also from Somalia. Use Grazed when young; of some importance for grazing in dry areas. Similar Species Aristida sieberana but that has an articulation to the lemma. |
 Aristida somalensis |
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