Morphological characteristics
Annual or weakly perennial, tufted grass, with slender culms; panicles compact; spikelets small and slender, 7.7-10 mm long and 1.4-1.8 mm wide, with long awns (6-17 cm long); anthers 2-3.4 mm long.
Chromosome number
2n=2x=24
Genome
FF
Distribution
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, and Zambia.
Habitat
Found on flat ironstone rocks, granite/lateritic outcrops, in ponds, near streams, seasonally inundated areas in water up to 0.5 m deep, but more often in shallow water. Grows in open habitats.
