Isolepis karroica (C.B.Clarke) J.Raynal

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Isolepis

Characteristics

Annual herb, tufted, up to 0.09 m high. Leaf blades filiform, 0.1-0.3 mm wide. Culm 0.2-0.3 mm in diam. Inflorescence a terminal head of 1-3 spikelets. Subtending bract inconspicuous, glume-like, to well developed with filiform blade. Spikelets echinate, oblong to ovate, 1.5-7.5 x 1.0-2.2 mm, 4-55-flowered. Glumes lanceolate, 1.3-1.6 x 0.4-0.7 mm, keel excurrent into minute, ± straight point. Style branches 3. Flowering time Jan., Feb., May. Nutlet narrowly obovoid to elliptical, 0.6-0.8 x 0.40.5 mm, 3-angled, blackish, surface minutely papillose.
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Small, tufted annual, up to 30(-90) mm tall. Leaf blades filiform. Stems filiform. Inflorescence terminal, a head of 1-few spikelets, basal bract inconspicuous, rarely well developed and filiform. Spikelets oblong(-ovoid), glumes straw-coloured. Nutlets faintly transversely rugose.
Small, tufted annual to 3 cm. Spikelets straw-coloured.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.06
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Environment

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Soil humidity 7-10
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Isolepis karroica world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1149915-2
WFO ID wfo-0000449267
COL ID 3Q9KL
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Synonyms

Isolepis karroica Scirpus karroicus