Carex rafflesiana Boott

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Carex

Characteristics

Rhizome short, subwoody. Culms tufted or single, 80-200 × 0.3-0.5 cm, trigonous, smooth, base covered by 1 or 2 reddish brown sheaths. Leaves shorter than culms, flat, 10-13 mm wide; sheaths long, reddish brown; persistent sheaths fibriform. Involucral bracts leafy, long sheathed, lowest one as long as or longer than inflorescence, upper ones gradually shorter. Panicle compound, ca. 20 cm, 8-11-branched; inflorescence branches usually binate, oblong-lanceolate, 5-15 cm, slightly dense, lower part branched. Spikes numerous, bisexual, androgynous, arising from cladoprophylls, ovate-oblong, 3-6 mm; male part of spike nearly as long as female part; female glumes white with reddish brown spots, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-2 mm, scabrid, midrib extending into mucro, apex obtuse or acute. Utricles reddish brown, oblong or elliptic-oblong, trigonous, 2.7-3.5 mm, herbaceous, with several veins, upper part hairy, apex attenuate into beak, beak excurved, nearly as long as utricle body, orifice minutely 2-toothed. Nutlets elliptic, trigonous, ca. 1.5 mm; style base not thickened; stigmas 3.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.2
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Carex rafflesiana world distribution map, present in Argentina, Australia, China, Moldova (Republic of), New Zealand, Philippines, Thailand, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:301857-1
WFO ID wfo-0000350522
COL ID RBFX
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Synonyms

Carex clarkeana Carex macrothyrsa Carex oblonga Carex pentacarpa Carex ceramica Carex buennemeijeri Carex pycnothyrsos Carex rafflesiana Carex spongoneura Carex timorensis Carex virgata Carex xestogyne Carex scaberrima Carex semiglomerata Carex bengalensis var. scaberrima Carex bengalensis var. virgata Carex cruciata var. rafflesiana Carex gembolensis var. timorensis Carex rafflesiana var. macrithyrsa Carex rafflesiana subsp. scaberrima Carex rafflesiana var. scaberrima Carex rafflesiana var. tenuior Carex rafflesiana var. minor