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Bulbostylis contexta (Nees) M.Bodard

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Bulbostylis

Characteristics

Perennial herb, tufted, 0.10-0.29 m high. Leaf blades 35-150 x 0.3-0.9 mm, filiform, adaxial surface glabrous to densely white-villous. Culm scapose, terete, ridged, ± glabrous, 0.75 mm in diam. Inflorescence variable, up to 68 x 75 mm, either a compound anthela or capitate head. Subtending bracts 2-4; blades setaceous, scabrid. Spikelets ovate to elliptic becoming lanceolate-elliptic, 6-14 x 2-4 mm. Glumes: fertile boat-shaped, ovate-oblong to elliptic-oblong, 3.2-5.3 x 2-4 mm, keel excurrent into minute awn. Flowering time Aug.-Mar. Nutlet obovate, 3-angled, pale yellow to light brown, surface transversely wavy.
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Perennial herb, up to 300 mm high; usually tufted, or sometimes with uniseriate rhizome and bases not swollen; sheath mouth distinctly bearded with long hairs. Leaves with blade filiform, well developed. Flowers: inflorescence variable; anther crests rounded; glumes dark chestnut-brown, seldom chestnut-red, with 3 veins terminating slightly below apex, 3.6-5.8 mm long; style base pyramidal, only temporarily persistent on nutlet; Oct.-Feb. Fruit a nutlet, 1.0-2.0 x 0.8-1.3 mm.
Perennial herb, up to 300 mm tall. Anther crests rounded. Nuts 0.9-2.0 x 0.7-1.3 mm. Glumes with 3 veins terminating slightly below apex, dark chestnut brown to chestnut-red.
Tufted perennial, 10-25 cm. Spikelets brown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.3
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Mat (unspecified), Hat (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Bulbostylis contexta world distribution map, present in Angola, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, eSwatini, Tanzania, United Republic of, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:298168-1
WFO ID wfo-0000342144
COL ID NSBR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Abildgaardia contexta Bulbostylis contexta Bulbostylis zeyheri Isolepis collina Bulbostylis burkei Bulbostylis collina Bulbostylis kirkii Scirpus burkei Scirpus trispiculatus Scirpus zeyheri Ficinia contexta Fimbristylis contexta Scirpus collinus Stenophyllus collinus Scirpus kirkii Scirpus macrolepis Trichelostylis contexta
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