Family: Cyperaceae
Fimbristylis sieberiana
Citation:
Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2:237 (1837).
Synonymy: Fimbristylis sieberana Common name: None
Description:
Tufted perennial, cauline leaves well developed, to 35 cm long, sheaths pilose especially towards the top.
Inflorescence simple or compound; lowest involucral bracts usually distinctly longer than the inflorescence; spikelets subobtuse; glumes very broadly ovate, usually dark-castaneous, densely tomentose in the apical part, 3-4.5 mm long and wide; style c. 0.4 mm wide.
Nut obovate-pyriform, cuneate to a narrow base on a distinct stipe, c. 1.5 x 1.2 mm, light-straw-coloured, appearing lengthwise striate by a transparent very faint reticulate-papillose layer.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: LE. W.Aust.; Qld; N.T. Africa and Asia.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: April — July.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Taxonomic notes:
The identity of the S.Aust. specimens needs checking.
Author:
Not yet available
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