Bot. Zh. 71:1113(1986).- Type: Stolz 1162, Tanzanie (lecto- B, isolecto- K,WAG).
Festuca camusiana St. Yves var. chodatiana St. Yves, Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2,18: 158(1926)
Regional litterature: FTEA: 57 (1970); FWTA: 369 (1972); Gram. Cameroun: 60 (1992); Fl. Ethiopia & Eritrea 7: 27, fig (1995); Pl. Sudan & S Sudan: 131 (2015); Fl. Ethiopia & Eritrea 7: 27, fig (1995); Pl. Sudan & S Sudan: 131 (2015).
Description:
* Slender, loosely tufted perennial of 0.5-1 m high. Culms weak, ascending. Leaves mostly basal, linear, flat or folded, 6-25 cm long and 1-2 mm wide; Ligule an eciliate membrane of 0.5 mm long; sheaths smooth, glabrous.
* Inflorescence a narrow, open panicle of 15-30 cm long, erect or slightly nodding ; branches capillary, few-spiculate.
* Spikelets 2-5-flowered, lanceolate, 8-13 mm long, purple-tinged. Glumes lanceolate, chartaceous, the lower 3-4.5 mm long, the upper 4-6.5 mm long. Lemmaelliptic, 6-7 mm long, chartaceous with an awn of 7-12 mm long. Anthers 3, 1.2-2 mm long.
Distribution West Africa: Cameroon, South Sudan
Distribution world-wide: Ethiopia, Uganda and C and E Africa.