''Schmidtia pappophoroides'' ( af, meerjarige Kalaharisandkweek, naq, ǀkhurub, hz, ongorondji, ktz, beye-ǁxui-doa, german: Ausdauerndes Fünfborstengras) is a

perennial A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also wide ...

grass belonging to the grass family (

Poaceae Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...

). It is native to southern and western Africa and the

Cape Verde , national_anthem = () , official_languages = Portuguese , national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole , capital = Praia , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , demonym ...

. Schmidtia pappophoroides can be used to thatch roofs, and it is a valuable fodder grass in

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

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Chloridoideae Flora of Namibia Flora of Cape Verde Forages Plants described in 1852 {{Chloridoideae-stub