Plants perennial; cespitose. Culms (25)40-120(150) cm. Leaf sheaths not strongly overlapping; blades (3)1-30(44) cm long, (1.3)2-3.5(4.5) mm wide, rolled. Panicles contracted. Pedicels scabrous, with hairs to 7 mm. Spikelets 3.2-5.7 mm long, 2 mm wide, often densely covered with hairs, hairs to 4 mm, white or pink to purple. Glumes separated by 0.3(0.6) mm; lower glumes about 0.5 mm, awns 1-2(3) mm. 2n = 36.

Discussion

In its native southern Africa, Melinis nerviglumis flowers from November to September [sic]

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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