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Perennial Veldtgrass
Ehrharta calycina
Ehrharta calycina is a species of grass known by the common names perennial veldtgrass and purple veldtgrass.
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Description
Ehrharta calycina is a highly variable perennial grass, often but not always rhizomatous. It usually reaches 30–70 centimetres (12–28 in) in height, but is known to grow much taller in favorable conditions. The inflorescence is a narrow to wide open array of spikelets light in color when new and becoming darker and tinted purple to reddish with age.
Range & habitat
It is native to southern Africa; from South Africa (within the Cape Provinces, Free State and KwaZulu-Natal), Lesotho and Namibia. It grows in Veld grassland habits and on low-lying sandy areas.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 76766.