Species Aristida meridionalis Henrard (Hay grass, gemsbokgras)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Plantae
  • - phylum: Tracheophyta
  • -- class: Liliopsida
  • --- order: Poales
  • ---- family: Poaceae
  • ----- species: Aristida meridionalis
Characteristics:perennial grass, up to 1,8m tall, woolly haira at the leaf sheath mouth, inflorescence is a large open panicle
Countries:
BW
Botswana
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
Links:
References:Van Rooyen et al. 2001: 88
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