Records determined by Fish

Occasional; culm-forming; perennial to 1.5 m; upper stem purple-red; bracts glaucous light purple.

Frequent; grass, in full sun; shorter in pure sand; lower stems red-purple; red-purple at nodes; bracts light yellow-green, glumes with light purple tinge.

Rare; to 2.5 m; plant attracts bees and other insects around its internodes and sheaths; inflorescence brown-green; fruits with spiky hairs.

Graminoid; Notes: Marsh; locally common. Culms erect. Altitude: about 3000 feet.

Occasional, in constantly wet area in mist of falls; plants pale green to yellow; bracts light green to red.

Frequent at edge of dry dambo; upper surface of peduncle and inflorescence bracts deep purple-red.

Herb; 1.0 m, erect. Awns and glumes purplish. Occasional, among rocks.

Locally common; on plains; to 1 m; internodes green; blades green, ligule cream; inflorescence creamish green; anthers cream.

Occasional; in woodland; ligule red; between grains of inflorescence also red to all red-purple.

Annual, abundant in mud flat; stem light yellow-green; outer floret bracts striped in deep red.

Rare in open areas in woodland. Stems brown. Sheath green. Blade green. Inflorescence purplish brown.

Frequent; at edge of pan; stems pale green at base; ligules bristly light brown; upper stems reddish; bracts light brown; awns dark brown-black at seed, light tan distally.

Common; on Kalahari sands plain; to 1 m; internodes bluish green; sheath and blade dull green apearing purplish at the tips of blades; inflorescence cream-brown.

Rare; in woodland (and Mavunda) bracts green; leaves with waxy edges. Shade.

Stems red at the base and light green apically; leaves from the nodes forming a brown sheath, light green. Inflorescences light brown, ca. 10 cm long; roots short and fibrous; common; in the swampy area.

Occasional; in Kalahari woodland; in clumps; internodes yellow, nodes deep yellow; sheaths deep green; ligule orange; blade dull green; inflorescence orange to light green, with brown glume.

Perennial grass, common in shady sandy area near river; red awns, green at base. Red stigmas.

Annual, 30 cm, along roadside. Stems light green with reddish-brown tint; leaves dark green glabrous; inflorescence yellowish-green.

Herb; 60 cm, erect. Leaves grey-green to purplish. Awns eggplant purple, stiff. Common in open areas.

Arising from single stem; approx. 20 cm tall; stems creamy white; leaves smooth, dark green forming a light green sheath at the node; inflorescence white.

Occasional; nodes brown; bracts light green.

Uncommon grass ca. 1 m tall, shallow roots, brown inflorescence.

Herb; 60 cm, erect. Glumes yellow-green turning maroon at apex. Plant with white hairs especially at collar. Occasional.

In sand; in woodland; inflorescence with reddish-purple spikelets; locally abundant.