in DC. Monogr. Phan. 6: 448 (1889).- Type : Kotschy 143, Sudan (syn- L).
Andropogon bisquamulatus Hochst., in Flora 27: 245 (1844).
Andropogon gayanus var. argyrophoeus Stapf, Mém. Soc. Bot. Fr. 2, 8: 102 (1907).
Regional litterature: FWTA: 489 (1972); Ghana grasses: 93 (1977); Gram. Togo: 142 (1983); Gram. Cameroun: 446, fig. (1992); Pl. Mauritanie: 308 (1998); Poac. Niger : 586, fig. (1999); Fl. Bénin: (2006) ; Fl. Guinea Bissau: 133 (2008); Fl. Guinée: 449 (2009); Fl. Chad (2013); Pl. Sudan & S Sudan: 118 (2015).
Description:
* Tufted perennial, 0.8-3.6 m high; culms with the lower nodes often stiffly bearded and prop-rooted; roots coarse. Leaves up to 1 m long and 3 cm broad, tapering to a long conspicuous grooved false petiole, usually densely velvety hairy when young to glabrous at maturity, white grooved midrib, scabrid margins; drying dark pink; ligule short membranous and yellow-brown, densely hairy behind; sheath densely hairy, esp. the basal ones.
* Spikelets conspicuously hairy with very fine short awns. Pedicelled spikelet with awn of up to 6 mm.