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.

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.

Occasional, to 1 m; lower inflorescence bracts purple, others green.

Common in forest understory. Internodes green to brown. Blades green. Sheath hairy. Inflorescence brownish green.

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.