Isolepis tenuissima Nees

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Isolepis

Characteristics

Perennial (probably short-lived) herb, mat-forming, 0.01-0.05 m long. Leaf blades 0.1-0.3 mm wide. Culm (peduncle) hair-like, 0.2-0.3 mm in diam. Inflorescence with culms (peduncles) 1-few at stem nodes, each bearing 1 terminal spikelet. Subtending bract very short or just overtopping spikelet. Spikelets elliptical, 1.5-3.1 x 0.8-1.5 mm, 4-12-flowered. Glumes boat-shaped, 1.1-1.6 x 0.4-0.7 mm, keel excurrent into minute point. Style branches 3. Flowering time Dec. Nutlet elliptical, 0.6-1.0 x 0.4-0.6 mm, 3-angled, brown, surface smooth.
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Slender, branching aquatic to 60 cm. Spikelets minute, dark red and green.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
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Distribution

Isolepis tenuissima world distribution map, present in New Zealand and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:309593-1
WFO ID wfo-0000450578
COL ID 3Q9SB
BDTFX ID 36135
INPN ID 103902
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Synonyms

Isolepis chlorostachya Isolepis subtilis Isolepis tenuissima Schoenus natans Scirpus chlorostachyus Scirpus tenuissimus Scirpus cernuus var. subtilis Eleogiton tenuissima Isolepis aquatilis