Distribution Map

Eragrostis cylindriflora

umsingitane
(Eragrostis rigidior)
(Eragrostis trichophora)

Poaceae Chloridoideae Eragrostideae Eragrostidinae

As at April 2024, 13 herbarium specimens, 2 photo records

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Mlawula

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Eragrostis rigidior - Tufted hairless perennial. erect or often knee-bent at nodes and sprawling, up to c 1,2 m high. Leaf-blades flat, curling when dry. Inflorescence c 18 cm long, lax, lower branches usually whorled. Spikelets greyish to dark green, slender, c 6 mm long x 1,5 mm wide, many-flowered. (Related to E. barbinodis, q.v.).

* 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.