Citation: Thunb., K. Svenska Vet. Acad. Handl. 40:216 (1779).

Derivation: After F. Ehrhart, an 18th Century Swiss botanist.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Annuals or perennials.

Spikelets with 1 bisexual flower above 2 sterile ones, usually paniculate; rhachilla articulated above the glumes; glumes thin, as long as or shorter than the lemmas and overlapping them; sterile lemmas hardened, sometimes awned, glabrous or variously hairy; fertile lemma shorter than the sterile lemmas, less hardened, without an awn; palea with 2 nerves close together; stamens usually 6.

Distribution:  About 27 species in Africa (1 in India). (Meredith (1955) The grasses and pastures of Soulh Afica). Veldt grasses.

Biology: No text

Key to Species:

1. Sterile lemmas with long soft hairs
2. Spikelets 4-8 mm long	E. calycina 1.
2. Spikelets 12-15 mm long	E. villosa 4.
1. Sterile lemmas glabrous or with short bristles or bearded at the base
3. Awns on the lemmas	E. longiflora 3.
3. Awns totally lacking	E. erecta 2.

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