Cyperus rigidifolius Steud.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Cyperus

Characteristics

Perennial herb, up to 0.5 m high; with slender stolons. Leaf blades developed. Flowers: inflorescence branched; spikelets digitate; bracts leafy, erect or spreading; glumes and nutlets abscising individually leaving a persistent rachilla; glumes many per spikelet, 2.5-3.0 mm long, dark reddish brown to black with a green midrib; Dec.-Mar.
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A slender to fairly robust, perennial herb, up to 500 mm tall. Plant with slender stolons. Inflorescence bracts leafy, erect or spreading. Glumes 2.5-3.0 mm long, dark reddish brown to black with a green midrib.
A sedge. It can grow to 50 cm high. It keeps growing from year to year.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows between 435-2,200 m above sea level.
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Soil humidity 1-3
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 25 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Distribution

Cyperus rigidifolius world distribution map, present in Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, eSwatini, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Cyperus rigidifolius threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:305781-1
WFO ID wfo-0000381402
COL ID 6BVT4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cyperus adoensis Cyperus rigidifolius Cyperus longus var. adoensis Cyperus rigidifolius var. intercedens