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Fimbristylis dichotoma subsp. dichotoma (L.) Vahl

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Culms (5-)15-50 cm. Leaves slightly shorter to sometimes slightly longer than culm; leaf blade linear, 1-2.5 mm wide. Inflorescence a compound or rarely simple anthela. Spikelets 4.5-8.5 mm. Fertile glumes 2.2-3 mm. Nutlet obovoid to broadly so, 0.6-1.2 mm, with 5-11 vertical rows of transversely oblong epidermal cells, apex rounded to obtuse. Fl. and fr. Jul-Oct. 2n = 10, 20.
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Perennial. Inflorescence usually compound or decompound with many to numerous spikelets. Glumes ovate or oblong-ovate, not ciliolate; cells in the upper part of the glumes oblong-linear. Anthers linear, c. 1(-1¾) mm. Style 2-2½(-4) mm long. Stems, leaves and bracts sometimes stiffly hairy.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.55
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Open waste places, grassy road-sides, Imperata-fields, tea-plantations, teak-forests, more rarely in swamps; when growing abundantly often a troublesome weed difficult to eradicate completely, 0-1500(-1750)m.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Fimbristylis dichotoma subsp. dichotoma world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Angola, Åland Islands, Andorra, Benin, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Botswana, Central African Republic, Switzerland, Chile, China, Congo, Cook Islands, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Micronesia (Federated States of), Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Namibia, Norfolk Island, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Nepal, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Paraguay, Réunion, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Suriname, eSwatini, Seychelles, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tokelau, Tonga, Taiwan, Province of China, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Uruguay, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Wallis and Futuna, Samoa, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:162823-3
WFO ID wfo-0000420139
COL ID 7K53T
BDTFX ID 27949
INPN ID 98722
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Synonyms

Fimbristylis diphylla f. coarctata Fimbristylis diphylla f. glabra Fimbristylis diphylla f. subpubescens Fimbristylis diphylla f. royeniana Fimbristylis brachyphylla Fimbristylis brizoides Fimbristylis dregeana Fimbristylis fuscescens Fimbristylis juncifolia Fimbristylis metzii Fimbristylis mezostachya Fimbristylis ovalis Fimbristylis philippica Fimbristylis polymorpha Fimbristylis tikushiensis Fimbristylis verrucosa Iria polymorpha Isolepis pallescens Scirpus pubigerus Scirpus villosus Fimbristylis alamosana Fimbristylis boiviniana Fimbristylis fuscata Fimbristylis holwayana Fimbristylis hookeri Fimbristylis pubescens Fimbristylis pubigera Ficinia ambigua Fimbristylis ambigua Fimbristylis annua Fimbristylis arenicola Fimbristylis baldwiniana Fimbristylis candelabrum Fimbristylis calocarpa Fimbristylis caripensis Fimbristylis circinnata Fimbristylis confinis Fimbristylis curvifolia Fimbristylis darlingtoniana Fimbristylis eggersii Fimbristylis foliosa Fimbristylis germainii Fimbristylis goeringiana Fimbristylis heynei Fimbristylis hirtella Fimbristylis laxa Fimbristylis luzuliformis Fimbristylis novae-britanniae Fimbristylis pohliana Fimbristylis sechellensis Fimbristylis similis Fimbristylis sororia Fimbristylis striata Fimbristylis stricta Fimbristylis tashiroana Fimbristylis trifurca Fimbristylis villosa Iria spirostachya Isolepis curvifolia Isolepis elliottii Isolepis varia Scirpus balduinianus Scirpus nitidulus Scirpus pallescens Scirpus serrulatus Scirpus tomentosus Scirpus diphyllus Scirpus elliottii Scirpus fuscescens Scirpus hirtellus Scirpus laxus Scirpus niloticus Trichelostylis curvifolia Fimbristylis annua f. brizoides Fimbristylis annua f. oblonga Fimbristylis dichotoma f. cincta Fimbristylis dichotoma f. gracillima Fimbristylis dichotoma f. tentsuki Fimbristylis diffusula Fimbristylis elongata Fimbristylis gracilis Fimbristylis humboldtii Fimbristylis mauritiana Fimbristylis nitidula Fimbristylis obtusifolia Fimbristylis pallescens Fimbristylis parviflora Fimbristylis ramosii Fimbristylis scherardi Fimbristylis squamulosa Fimbristylis variabilis Fimbristylis communis Fimbristylis diphylla Isolepis brachyphylla Isolepis pubigera Scirpus arvensis Scirpus fimbriatus Fimbristylis dichotoma subsp. dichotoma Fimbristylis dichotoma var. floribunda Fimbristylis dichotoma var. laxa Fimbristylis dichotoma var. nilagirica Fimbristylis dichotoma var. paucispiculata Fimbristylis dichotoma var. tentsuki Fimbristylis dichotoma var. tikushiensis Fimbristylis tashiroana var. cincta Fimbristylis annua var. brizoides Fimbristylis brizoides var. humboldtiana Fimbristylis brizoides var. pallens Fimbristylis brizoides var. tenuifolia Fimbristylis dichotoma var. glaberrima Fimbristylis diphylla subsp. diffusa Fimbristylis diphylla var. gracilis Fimbristylis diphylla var. polystachya Fimbristylis verrucosa var. glabrescens Fimbristylis verrucosa var. hirsuta Fimbristylis annua var. diphylla Fimbristylis dichotoma var. poladpurensis Fimbristylis annua f. typica Fimbristylis serrulata Iria polymorpha var. normalis Fimbristylis dichotoma var. satpudensis
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