Notes

Weak straggling grass, loosely tufted to 1m / 3ft high. All parts villous, leaves lanceolate, apex acute, slightly rounded at base 6-16 x 1.5-2cms. Panicle up to 14 cms. long with slender ascending branches up to 8cms. long. Spikelets subglobose, about 0.1cms. diam. Flowering in November - January Growing in forest floor of well developed forest of Celtis - Holoptelia region, in wide patches of light greenish-yellow, in the more shady, shrubby places. Level ground, soil a rich brown forest loam with sparse leaf litter. Full shade, moist situation. Frequent in the locality and throughout the more mature forests of the Nile Bank area. More information given.