Ehrharta abyssinicaHochst [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Schimper,
Related name
Ehrharta erecta
Ehrharta abyssinica
Flora
Entry for EHRHARTA erecta (Hochst.) Pilg. var. abyssinica [family POACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
EHRHARTA erecta(Hochst.) Pilg. var. abyssinica [family POACEAE], in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 508 (1926);
EHRHARTA abyssinicaHochst. [family POACEAE], (1855). Fig. 75. [type as above]
Information
Loosely tufted or rambling perennial up to 100 cm high. Panicle open or contracted and narrow, rarely racemose. Spikelets 5–6(–6.5) mm long; glumes ovate, 5-nerved, acute, unequal, the upper slightly more than half the length of the spikelet, the lower shorter; sterile lemmas lanceolate in profile, glabrous, awnless, the lower narrowed to a blunt tip, rarely transversely wrinkled, the upper with appendages and lateral hair-tufts at the base, often rugose, rounded at the tip.
Range
N2 tropical Africa, southern Arabia and sporadically in southern India; replaced by var. erecta in southern Africa.
