Carpha Banks & Sol. ex R.Br.

Genus

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae

Characteristics

Perennial herbs with short woody rhizome. Stems tufted, erect, obtusely trigonous, leafy. Leaves basal and cauline, usually narrow. Inflorescence paniculate. Spikelets oblong-lanceolate, compressed, densely crowded. Rachilla short, straight, not produced beyond the flowers. Flowers in each spikelet 1-2(-3), bisexual, fertile. Glumes 3-6, distichous, the lower ones small, empty. Perigone (in Mal.) consisting of 6 plumose bristles. Stamens 3, rarely 2; anthers linear, sulphureous; connective with short, conical appendage. Style slender, continuous with the ovary, the base incrassate, persistent; stigmas 3. Nut oblong, trigonous, tessellate or minutely puncticulate, cuspidate by the persistent style-base.
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Infl. a loose terminal cluster or corymb. Spikelets 1–2-fld, fls hermaphrodite, or occ. 1 of the 2 sterile. Glumes 4–5, distichous, 2 lowermost smaller, empty, upper glumes larger, 1–2 fertile. Hypog. bristles 3–6, plumose. Stamens 3. Style-branches 3. Nut trigonous, style-base persistent. Tufted, grass-like perennial herbs, lfy at base only.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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