Fuirena pachyrrhiza Ridl.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Fuirena

Characteristics

Perennial herb, robust, ± tufted, up to 1 m high. Leaf blades up to 12 mm wide, flat. Culm nodose, 3-angled, ± 2 mm in diam. below inflorescence but ± entire culm concealed by wide, sheathing leaf bases. Inflorescence a narrow, diffuse panicle up to 200 mm long. Subtending bracts leaf-like. Spikelets squarrose, elliptical, 7-12 x 4-5 mm. Glumes lanceolate (ovate when flattened), incl. awn up to 8 mm long. Perianth: outer whorl absent; inner whorl of scales differentiated into stalk, blade and scabrid arista. Flowering time Jan.-Mar. Nutlet obovate, incl. stalk and beak ± 1.8 mm long, 3-angled, dark brown, surface ± smooth; pericarp epidermal cells granular, subelliptic in obscurely vertical series.
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Rhizome stout, about 1/5 in. thick. Panicle and glumes minutely hairy. Spikes and glumes rather larger than in F. pubescens; nut smaller, with narrower style-base; outermost cells granular, subelliptic in obscurely vertical series.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Fuirena pachyrrhiza world distribution map, present in Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, eSwatini, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:308514-1
WFO ID wfo-0000426418
COL ID 6K2CX
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Synonyms

Fuirena pachyrrhiza Fuirena macrostachya Fuirena pubescens var. major