Chloris pycnothrix Trin.

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By main Harare to Bulawayo Rd, south of Kwekwe

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Synonyms:	Chloris intermedia A. Rich. Chloris leptostachya Hochst. ex A. Rich.
Common names:	Spiderweb chloris (English) Spinnekopgras (Afrikaans) Spinnen-Quirlgras (German)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Annual grass up to 45 cm tall, erect or ascending, often rooting from the nodes. Leaves 3–11 cm long, with a blunt apex. Inflorescence of 3–12 (sub)digitate racemes 1.5–7 cm long. Spikelets 2-flowered, 1–2-awned; inferior glume 1.3–1.4 mm long; superior glume 2–2.4 mm long. Fertile lemma narrowly elliptic in profile, 2.4–2.8 mm long, pallid, scabrid. Awn 11–27 mm long.
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Habitat:	In floodplain to montane grassland, in miombo and riverine woodland, often as a weed in disturbed ground.
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in tropical Africa, Arabia and tropical America.
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Content last updated:	Friday 2 August 2019
Literature:	Chapano, C. (2002). A checklist of Zimbabwean grasses Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 16. Pretoria. Page 8. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 13. Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Page 210. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 131. Fish, L., Mashau, A.C., Moeaha, M.J. & Nembudani, M.T. (2015). Identification Guide to Southern African Grasses Strelitzia 36 South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria Page 167. Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 33. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 101. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 127. Roodt, V. (2015). Grasses & Grazers of Botswana and the surrounding savanna Struik Nature, South Africa Pages 64 - 65. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 133. Van Oudtshoorn, F.P. (1992). Grasses of South Africa Briza Publications, South Africa Page 232. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 85.

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