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Footpath Love Grass

Eragrostis patentipilosa Hack.

Description

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Short-lived perennial grass, sometimes with stolons, up to 50 cm. It forms semi-prostrate sprawling tufts with dark knee-bent nodes. Leaves short, sharp-tipped. Inflorescence a panicle, ± as wide as long; the spikelet pedicels with a sticky gland in the middle.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Eragrostis patentipilosa Hack. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=105070
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
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Frequency

provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Common
license
cc-by-nc
copyright
Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Eragrostis patentipilosa Hack. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=105070
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe