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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
More or less caespitose plants with dark red-black spikelets in a sessile pseudo-lateral cluster. |
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| Habitat: | damp places on mountains to 5,000 ft. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | SE Africa |
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| Red data list status: | Data deficient |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Hutchinson, J. & Dalziel, J.M. (edited by Hepper, F.N.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, vol 3, part 2 2nd edition. Crown Agents. London. |