Sporobolus setulosus(Trin.) A. Terracc. [family POACEAE], (1893). Fig. 107. [type as above]
Information
Shortly rhizomatous plant up to 90 cm high. Panicle 4.5–16 cm long. Spikelets oblong or obovate-oblong, 2–3 mm long; glumes linear or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse or acute, ciliate on the keel, the lower 1.5–2.5 mm long, the upper 2.6–3 mm long; lemma as long as the spikelet, ciliate on the keel.
Range
N1–3; C1, 2; S1–3 coastal regions of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea from north-eastern Africa to north-western India.