Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Tropical grassland

Range

East Africa

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Runners

Status

Uncommon

About

This creeping grass blankets the highland slopes of East Africa. It extends its stems by up to four centimeters every day to choke out competing plants.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Poaceae

Genus

Cenchrus

Species

Cenchrus clandestinus