Ficinia ramosissima Kunth

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Ficinia

Characteristics

Perennial herb, procumbent, much branched, 0.08-0.30 m long. Leaves dimorphic, on flowering branches; blades often short, falcate, flat to shallowly C-shaped with lower surface ridged and margins papillate, 0.5-1.0 mm wide. Culm flat to 4-angled, 0.40.7 mm in diam. Inflorescence a head-like cluster of 1-6 spikelets, or frequently lowermost spikelet(s) remote. Subtending bracts 2, lowest longer than inflorescence, leaf-like. Spikelets elliptical, ± 4.5 mm long. Glumes lanceolate, ± 4.5 mm long, keel excurrent into short, recurved, 0.4 mm long awn. Flowering time July-Oct. (plus many sterile collections made throughout the year. Nutlet obovate, including gynophore ± 2 mm long, 3-angled (± spherical), reddish brown, surface ± smooth. Gynophore large, inconspicuously lobed.
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Erect, branched perennial to 20 cm. Spikelets light brown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-9
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Distribution

Ficinia ramosissima world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:307623-1
WFO ID wfo-0000418301
COL ID 6HVSJ
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Synonyms

Acrolepis ramosissima Ficinia ramosissima