Panicum phragmitoides Stapf

Robust, tufted or shortly rhizomatous perennial; culms (100–)120–180 cm. high, usually unbranched.. Leaf-sheaths glabrous; blades linear, 50–75 cm. long, 5–15(–20) mm. wide, tapering at the base, flat, glabrous or pilose, acuminate.. Panicle usually erect and spreading, ovate to oblong, 30–60 cm. long, much branched.. Spikelets ovate, (2.8–)3–4(–4.2) mm. long, pallid, often purple tipped; lower glume 1/2–2/3 the length of the spikelet, ovate, 5-nerved, acuminate; upper glume ovate, 7-nerved; lower lemma (7–)9-nerved, male, its palea well developed; upper lemma pale and glossy.

In savanna, on dry soils.