Isolepis fluitans var. fluitans Nees

Variety

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Isolepis > Isolepis fluitans

Characteristics

Annual, creeping herb, up to 350 mm high. Stem with equally spaced, leaf-bearing nodes. Flowers: inflorescence a solitary, terminal spikelet, lanceolate, ± 5 mm long, without overtopping bract; glumes ovate, obtuse, straw-coloured or purplish brown; Jul.-Jun. Fruit a lenticular nutlet, dark brown, shortly beaked, surface puncticulate.
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Growth form herb
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Pollination anemogamy
Spread barochory
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Mature height (meter) 0.35
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Light -
Soil humidity 1-9
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Isolepis fluitans var. fluitans world distribution map, present in Angola, Burkina Faso, Comoros, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Eritrea, Spain, Ethiopia, France, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Réunion, Rwanda, Sudan, Sweden, eSwatini, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Viet Nam, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77169229-1
WFO ID wfo-0000448883
COL ID 5PJ77
BDTFX ID 61688
INPN ID 710376
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Synonyms

Scirpus stolonifer Isolepis curvata Isolepis intricata Eleogiton fascicularis Isolepis curvula Isolepis giraudyi Scirpus giraudyi Scirpus amazonicus Isolepis fascicularis Eleogiton fluitans var. fasciculata Isolepis fluitans var. fluitans Isolepis fluitans var. major Scirpus fluitans var. emergens Scirpus fluitans var. fascicularis Scirpus fluitans var. spadiceus Isolepis fluitans var. terrestris Scirpus fluitans var. curvulus Scirpus fluitans var. microstachya Scirpus fluitans var. terrestris