Tragus berteronianus Schult.

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Caprivi records: View all records (63)

Records of this taxon from Caprivi are shown in the table below. Cases where the taxon is native, naturalised, possibly planted or definitely planted are all listed.

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Record number    No of images    Record date    Recorder(s)    Coll.    Det.    Conf.    Herbaria    Habitat    Location    Loc code(s)    Outing code    Planted code    Country    QDS    Grid ref.    FZ Div    Alt. (m)    Notes    Lat    Long    Loc Acc Code   
92678010 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed roadside Mixed woodlandLay-by on B8 between Divundu and Rundu0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A1 1061-18.01906021.0143707
9262509 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed area in Baikiaea dominated woodland on Kalahari sandView point, Kwando core area, Bwabwata National Park2040Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C4 985-17.81977023.3152907
9241606 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Mixed woodlandC49 turn off to Mukorfu Primary School0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B1 951-18.23844023.5896307
91158028 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed roadside vergeB8 road through Bwabwata at Omega0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A1 1007-18.04110022.2022107
91196028 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed roadside verge and woodland on kalahari sandB8 road through Bwabwata0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C3 989-17.82242023.0614407
95417025 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen
1450
ES Klaassen
WIND

Okavango, Rundu District: Track to Ncaute, from Mashare to Rundu.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A1 110615 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 15 cm high grass. Leaves ovate, base cordate, margin ciliate. Inflorescence a terminal spike. Spikelets covered with soft, hooked spines. Common, next to field, in moist sandy soil.-18.00500022.0750002
95471024 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen
1437
ES Klaassen
WIND

Okavango, Rundu District: Road from Omega III to Divundu.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A2 102140 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 40 cm high grass. Leaves ovate, base cordate, margin cilliate. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Spikelets covered with soft hooked spines. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun.-18.00778022.4219402
94366018 Feb 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs
349
WIND

Caprivi: Inkasa Island: malapo on banks of Linyandi River.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C3 0Graminoid; Notes: Basally tufted annual grass, up to 35 cm high when in flower. Culms basally geniculate and prostrate, rooting from lower nodes, otherwise ascending to bear inflorescence, terete, smooth, glabrous, yellow-green to straw-coloured, nodes purple-black-banded, exposed esp. apically, branched. Leaf blades shortly lanceolate, at most 5 cm long , but usually shorter, gradually tapering to form a bluntish apex, broadest at base ( 4 mm), base auriculate, margin white, thickened bearing conspicuous long, white, straight to falcate, bulbous-based setaceous hairs, both surfaces bright green, shallowly canaliculate, glabrous but scabrous to the tough. Ligule a membranous ridge bearing a fringe of short white hairs, scattered long, white hairs on collar region. Leaf sheath tightly circumculmate, imbricate over entire length not overlapping, canaliculate, glabrous, 2 cm long. Inflorescence spicate raceme, 7 - 12 cm x 5 mm. Spathulate in outline, basally subtended by upper leaf. Spikelets densely arranged along axis, ovoid, 1,5 x 1 mm, paired, 2-flowered. Glumes green to purple-tinted, margins and adax. Surface prominently spiny, awnless, but apex aristate, entirely deciduous.-17.87500024.1250004

Total records found: 8



Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Caprivi: Species information: Records of: Tragus berteronianus.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/species-display.php?species_id=105980, retrieved 5 April 2025

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