Distribution Map

Loudetia simplex

           
Russet Grass

Poaceae Panicoideae Tristachyideae 

As at April 2024, 50 herbarium specimens, 3 photo records, 19 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Malolotja
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Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Loudetia simplex - (Russet Grass) Densely tufted perennial with stem about 1 m high, sometimes more. Leaves usually inrolled, rigid, sheaths loosely hairy. Inflorescence c 25 cm long, loose and open; branches spreading or semi-erect, elongated, with one or two slender brown spikelets, about 10 mm or more long, ending in slightly twisted awn up to 5 cm long.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.