Cyperus albostriatus Schrad.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Cyperus

Characteristics

Rhizome far-extending, woody, ± 5 mm diam., with short, dark purple-brown scales. Stems to 40 cm high, slender but tough, 3-angled, smooth, leafy at base. Leaves ± = stems or much < stems, all basal, 10-15 mm wide, flat, midrib and 2 lateral nerves white and prominent, margins finely scabrid, tip acute; sheaths purple. Involucral bracts > inflorescence, 7-11, leaf-like, almost equal in length. Inflorescence a compound umbel with many filiform rays to 10 cm long. Spikelets many-flowered, in small digitate clusters of 2-6 or solitary on the branchlets, linear-oblong, compressed, acute, ± 3.5-7 × 1 mm, greenish-brown. Glumes slightly > 1 mm long, ± imbricate but thickened junction with rhachilla obvious at base of each glume, ovate, acute, tip slightly spreading, many-nerved, keel green. Stamens 3. Style-branches 3. Nut slightly < glumes, ellipsoid, trigonous, brown.
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Perennial herb, 0.17-0.76 m high, long-rhizomatous. Leaf blades 8-12 mm wide, flat, with 2 lateral, white, ± prominent nerves. Culm scapose, 3-angled, 1.2(-1.8) mm in diam. Inflorescence a compound anthela, of 8-24 slenderly stalked, digitate clusters of 1-several spikelets. Subtending bracts ± 8, broad, leaf-like, often with longitudinal white stripes on upper surface marking position of veins. Spikelets compressed, 4-8 (-20) x 1.5-1.8 mm, 8-24-flowered. Glumes not imbricate, lanceolate, 1.8-2.0 mm long, keel hardly excurrent. Flowering time (Aug.) Nov.-Mar. Nutlet elliptical, 1.5 mm long, 3-angled, brown, surface minutely reticulate.
Perennial herb, up to 300 mm tall. Leaves broad, 7-10 mm wide, grass-like, 3-nerved, flat. Solitary spikelets frequent in compound umbel. Glume margin sparsely fringed with short hairs, greenish brown.
Tufted perennial, 20-50 cm. Spikelets pale brown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.35 - 0.5
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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OctNovDec
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 7-9
Soil texture 1-2
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 25 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Cyperus albostriatus world distribution map, present in Botswana, Spain, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Norfolk Island, New Zealand, eSwatini, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:303718-1
WFO ID wfo-0000367545
COL ID 33BHV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cyperus albostriatus Cyperus mariscus Cyperus braunii Cyperus mossii Cyperus albostriatus var. mossii