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Bulbostylis humilis C.B.Clarke

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Bulbostylis

Characteristics

Annual herb, densely tufted, 0.03-0.25 m high. Leaf blades up to 100 x 0.25(-0.40) mm, capillary, glabrous. Culm scapose, ± capillary, ridged, ± scabrid, 0.2-0.3 mm in diam. Subtending bracts 4 or 5; blades filiform. Inflorescence up to 16 x 14 mm, sessile spikelets (1)2-5, clustered to form a head. Spikelets ovate-oblong, 5-15 x 1.5-3.0 mm. Glumes: fertile narrowly ovate-oblong, 3.0-4.2 x 1.6-1.9 mm. Flowering time all year. Nutlet elliptic, excluding style base 0.95-1.30 x 0.8-0.9 mm, 3-angled or biconvex, golden-to dark brown, surface reticulate.
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Annual herb, up to 150 mm high; tufted, without rhizome. Flowers: inflorescence unbranched, a solitary spikelet or head of 2-5 sessile spikelets; style branches 2 or 3; glumes pale brown or fawn-coloured, pallid, long mucronate; Jan.-Mar. Fruit a nutlet, 0.95-1.30 x 0.8-0.9 mm.
Annual herb, up to 150 mm tall. Inflorescence a solitary spikelet or head of 2-5 sessile spikelets, no branches evident. Glumes green, straw-coloured or reddish, never deep chestnut red.
Densely tufted annual, 5-10 cm. Spikelets greenish to pale brown.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 4-8
Soil texture 5-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Bulbostylis humilis world distribution map, present in Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Sudan, eSwatini, Tanzania, United Republic of, Yemen, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:298213-1
WFO ID wfo-0000342220
COL ID NSDT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Abildgaardia humilis Isolepis breviculmis Bulbostylis breviculmis Bulbostylis humilis Fimbristylis arenaria Isolepis humilis Isolepis humillima Scirpus breviculmis Scirpus arenarius
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