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Fimbristylis hygrophila Gordon-Gray |
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Status: | Native |
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Perennial sedge, up to c. 45 cm high Leaf-sheaths characteristically spongy. Leaf blades reduced. Inflorescence up to 2.3 cm long and 3.5 cm wide. Spikelets up to 32 mm long, ragged with golden-brown glumes. |
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Habitat: | In vleis or wet grassland with a high water table, mostly on sandy, or black-cotton soils |
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Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia and KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape South Africa. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | W,C |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Page 19. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 115 - 116. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 108. |
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