Southern, central, and eastern Africa; Madagascar; Arabian peninsula; India; Pakistan.
Enneapogon cenchroides is an tufted annual or short-lived perennial grass that is hairy at its base and often has branched culms. Height is variable, ranging from 15 cm to 100 cm. Inflorescence is a grayish, dense panicle that looks like a spike; florets have lemmas with 9 awns.
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