Distribution Map

Eragrostis plana

   
umsingitane

Poaceae Chloridoideae Eragrostideae Eragrostidinae

As at April 2024, 11 herbarium specimens, 5 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Mlawula Malolotja
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Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Eragrostis plana - Densely tufted tough hairless perennial, 1 m or more high. Leaf-sheaths broad, flattened laterally, often arranged fan-wise, pale green and shining; blades narrow, inrolled, wiry. Inflorescence up to 30 cm or more long, erect, narrow; spikelets up to 1 cm long x 2 mm wide, many-flowered, dark greyish-green.

* 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.