Aristida adscensionis L.

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Records of this taxon from all countries are shown in the table below. Cases where the taxon is native, naturalised, possibly planted or definitely planted are all listed.

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Record number No of images Record date Recorder(s) Coll. Det. Conf. Herbaria Habitat Location Loc code(s) Outing code Planted code Country QDS Grid ref. FZ Div Alt. (m) Notes Lat Long Loc Acc Code
66214020 Apr 2013BT Wursten
A Short
LP Oliveira
BT Wursten
BW448
M Stalmans
BR

TCT-CatapĂș

EOWBL

Open area with shallow gravelly soils on limestone Plateau above Nhagutua Gorge, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma 14
38
0Mozambique1834D2 MS216-18.64366034.8147907
80532012 Feb 2012AM Isaiah
T Komi
AM Isaiah
T Komi
s.n.
GAB

Botswana National Botanic Garden, Gaberone0Botswana2425D2 SE985Cited in Grasses in the Botswana National Botanic Garden, Isaiah, A.M. & Komi, T. (2015).-24.66726025.9449705
53734325 Dec 2007MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
P Ballings
PB1321
MSM Sosef
WAG

BR

In full sun on roadside in dry wooded grassland Shashe Wilderness Camp, Tuli9
4
0Zimbabwe2129C3 QF270745S6006
53754323 Dec 2007MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
P Ballings
PB1296
MSM Sosef
BR

Full sun, among rocks & short grass in disturbed rocky woodland Maleme Dam Rest Camp, Matobo National Park19,170
4
0Zimbabwe2028D1 W1310-20.54998028.5067407
81021028 Feb 1997HH Schmidt
HH Schmidt
2428
L Fish
PRE

In sandy soils along beaches and shorelines. Sinazongwe District; Chete Island Game Park, on eastern edge of Lake Kariba. In much disturbed Combretum woodland, heavily grazed by elephants and game. 1990Zambia S550Herb, 1.0 m, erect. Glumes pale green at base, turning darker green. Awns tipped with red-brown. Occasional.0
16476019 May 1990MA Hyde
In woodlandClose to the Airport Rd10Zimbabwe1731C3 TR958237C00
16478019 Apr 1990MA Hyde
In sandy woodland nr the Mukuvisi RiverMukuvisi Woodland1,20Zimbabwe1731C3 TR976256C00
16475008 Apr 1990MA Hyde
In former fieldOff Helvetia Rd, Borrowdale Rd10Zimbabwe1731C1 TR981383C00
16474024 Mar 1990MA Hyde
On central reservationJunction of Stonechat Lane and Crowhill Rd10Zimbabwe1731C1 TR992382C00
94791018 Feb 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs
352
WIND

Caprivi: Inkasa Island: malapo on banks of Linyandi River.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3 930Graminoid; Notes: Sparely tufted perennial grass, up to 0,75 m high when flower. Culms basally geniculate but otherwise steeply ascending, terete, smooth, glabrous, relatively sturdy although' slender, yellow-green to straw-coloured purple-tinted towards nodes to deep purple and basally prominently gibbose, branched. Leaf blade linear, somewhat expanded but mostly rolled, tapering to fine tip, dull green but with conspicuous abaxial white ribs, up to 20 cm long but mostly shorter, often withering at apex, base not auriculate - simply rounded and slightly notched, glabrous, rigid and erect but not spine-tipped. Ligule an inconspicuous, dense fringe of short, white hairs not continuous on collar. Leaf sheath 6-7 cm long, loosely circumculmate, margins hyaline, keeled, glabrous, dull to yellow-green, conspicuously white ribbed basally deep purple-tinted, persistent. Inflorescence a spicate panicle, narrowly ovate to lanceolate in outline, about 15/2,5 cm. Secondary axis verticillately arranged to main axis, 2,5-4 cm long, glabrous, steeply ascending and adpressed against main axis. Spikelets 2-flowers, lanceolate, 8-10/0, 75-1 mm, paired = 1 sessile; 1 stalked. Glumes membranous, straw-coloured to green or often deep purple-tinted, glabrous, persistent. Awn splitting to geniculate, 12-25 mm long, purple; column lacking.-17.78330025.2075005
16473005 Jul 1987MA Hyde
Sprawling on bare ground, roadsideGlenara Avenue North10Zimbabwe1731C3 TR976289C00
16472011 Oct 1986MA Hyde
RoadsideKambanji Drive, Glen Lorne10Zimbabwe1731C3 UR025365C00
16471014 Apr 1985MA Hyde
Sandy groundCleveland Dam1,30Zimbabwe1731C3 UR037270C00
294880 Feb 1961OB Miller
OB Miller
7726
SRGH

Humus rich soil among rocks Shumbashabe Farm570Zimbabwe2028B4 W1460Inflorescence green. [See note 16]0

Total records found: 14



Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Species information: Records of: Aristida adscensionis.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species-display.php?species_id=104090, retrieved 28 March 2024

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