Cyperus bellus Kunth

Perennial herb, forming small tufts, 0.04-0.06 m high. Leaf blades < 1 mm wide, inrolled. Culm scapose, slightly succulent, ± 3-angled, 0.8-1.2 mm in diam., frequently down curved at fruiting stage. Inflorescence a small subglobose head, 5-12 mm in diam., of 3-12 spikelets. Subtending bracts 2 or 3, leaf-like. Spikelets compressed, linear-oblong, 4-10 x 1.5-2.0 mm. Glumes imbricate when young, distant at maturity, lanceolate, 1.5-2.0 mm long, keel excurrent into small point. Flowering time Jan. Nutlet obpyriform, 1.2 mm long, 3-angled, dark brown appearing greyish, surface minutely reticulate.