Habitat: In rocky places along clear, fast-flowing streams.
Worldwide distribution: Restricted to the Chimanimani Mountains of Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Page 201.
Goodier, R. & Phipps, J.B. (1961). A revised checklist of the vascular plants of the Chimanimani Mountains Kirkia 1 Page 48. as Danthoniopsis sp.
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2019). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Danthoniopsis chimanimaniensis.