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Ficinia nodosa (Rottb.) Goetgh., Muasya & D.A.Simpson

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Ficinia

Characteristics

Perennial herb, rush-like, tufted, 0.3-1.2 m high. Leaf blades absent. Culm compressed-terete, 1.8-4.0 mm in diam. Inflorescence a head, 5-20 x 5-20 mm, of many closely aggregated, sessile spikelets. Subtending bract longer than inflorescence. Spikelets ovate, 4-6 mm long. Glumes all fertile, narrowly obovate to oblanceolate, 2.0-2.7 x 1.2-1.5 mm, often folded about keel. Style branches 3. Flowering time Aug., Oct.-Apr., July. Nutlet elliptic to oblanceolate, including gynophore ± 1.4 mm long, 3-angled (± plano-convex), dark brown, shining, surface ± smooth. Gynophore distinct, with 2 lobes.
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Tufted, erect perennial, up to 1 m tall. Leaf sheaths truncate at apex, blades absent. Stems rigid, compressed-cylindrical, 2-3 mm diam. Inflorescence appearing subterminal or lateral, a dense, rounded, cluster of brown spikelets (5-)9-20 x (5-)9-20 mm, overtopped by an erect, rigid, basal bract with obtuse apex.
Tufted perennial with rigid stems to 100 cm. Spikelets in dense, brown heads.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 0.9 - 1.0
Root system rhizome
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

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Cultivation

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Images

Habit

Ficinia nodosa habit picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Ficinia nodosa flower picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)
Ficinia nodosa flower picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Ficinia nodosa world distribution map, present in Australia, Cook Islands, Norfolk Island, New Zealand, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1015492-1
WFO ID wfo-0000418195
COL ID 6HWCQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 780142
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Synonyms

Scirpoides nodosa Holoschoenus nodosus Isolepis nodosa Ficinia guttata Ficinia nodosa Scirpus globosus Scirpus nodosus Scirpus atropurpureovaginatus Scirpus glutinosus Fimbristylis schinzii Fimbristylis textilis Scirpoides nodosa Isolepis gracilis Isolepis holoschoenus Isolepis monocephala Scirpus gracilis Scirpus nodosus var. macrostachya
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