WorldFloraDB - Ascolepis capensis

Characteristics

Perennial herb, sparsely tufted, 0.12-0.91 m high. Leaf blade inrolled, ± 1 mm wide when flattened. Culm scapose, terete, 1.0-1.2 mm in diam. in middle. Inflorescence dense, capitate, of 1-5 ± hemispherical spikes of several spikelets. Subtending bracts 2(3), broadly expanded basally to cup inflorescence; blade inrolled, leaf-like. Spikelets densely spirally imbricate, of 1 bisexual flower. Glumes dorsiventrally compressed, 3.5-5.5(-7.0) mm long, chartaceous, white, margins connate on upper side, with 2-cleft valve on lower side at top of basal ovate part. Style branches 2. Flowering time (Aug.) Nov.-Jan. Nutlet narrowly oblong, stalked, 1.0-1.5 mm long, ± lenticular, dark grey to reddish brown.

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Perennial herb, up to 400 mm high. Flowers: spikelets 1-3 per head, much fused together; squamellas with elongated, flattened beaks, holding nutlets in hollows or pockets near their bases; glumes oblong, shorter than squamella, white or straw-coloured; Nov.-Mar. Fruit a sessile nutlet.

Perennial herb, up to 400 mm tall. Spikelets 1-3 to the head, much fused together. Nut sessile. Squamellas with elongated, flattened beaks, holding nuts in hollows or pockets near their bases. Glumes oblong, shorter than squamella, white or straw-coloured.

Inflorescence similar in size to A. protea, but with a more solid appearance due to the broader scales

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
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Wet ground, generally amongst grasses.

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Distribution

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Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:297927-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000340704
COL ID	H8CR
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Synonyms

Ascolepis capensis Ascolepis capensis var. pleiostachya

WorldFloraDB 2024

Ascolepis capensis Ridl.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Ascolepis