Fuirena stricta Steud.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Fuirena

Characteristics

Perennial herb, tufted, 0.30-0.75 m high. Leaf blades very short, 3-4 mm wide, ± V-shaped. Culm nodose, 3-angled, 1.0-1.8 mm in diam. below inflorescence. Inflorescence a slender panicle of 1-few, sessile or shortly stalked clusters of spikelets, each of ± 1-10 spikelets, < 80 mm long. Subtending bracts inconspicuous, short, leaf-like. Spikelets ovate to oblong, up to 12 x 3 mm. Glumes lanceolate (ovate when flattened), incl. awn ± 2.5 mm long, keel excurrent into minute point or awn 0.5 mm long. Perianth: outer whorl of (0-)3 retrorsely barbed bristles. Flowering time Apr., Dec. Nutlet stalked, narrowly obovate, incl. beak and stalk ± 1.8 mm long, 3-angled, greenish yellow becoming reddish brown, surface smooth.
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Perennial herb, up to 500 mm tall. Inner hypogynous whorl consisting of 3 bristles. Awns of glumes 0.2-0.6(-l,0) mm long. Rhizome usually absent, rarely poorly developed. Glumes dull green.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 0.63
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 10-12
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Fuirena stricta world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Brazil, Botswana, Central African Republic, Congo, Comoros, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, eSwatini, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Fuirena stricta threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:308544-1
WFO ID wfo-0000426701
COL ID 6K2D3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Fuirena stricta Fuirena stricta var. stricta

Lower taxons

Fuirena stricta subsp. chlorocarpa Fuirena stricta subsp. stricta