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Kyllinga pulchella Kunth

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Kyllinga

Characteristics

Perennial herb, long-rhizomatous, 0.07-0.43 m high. Leaf blades 2 mm wide, flat, ± flaccid. Culm scapose, 3-angled, 1.0-1.5 mm in diam. Inflorescence of 1-3 spikes, middle spike ovate, up to 16 x 10 mm. Subtending bracts 3 or 4, leaf-like, lowest erect, long, others shorter, spreading. Spikelets ovate-lanceolate, 3-5 mm long, spreading, 3-5-flowered, lower 2-4 bisexual, upper male. Glumes: fertile with keel wingless, glabrous or with few hairs, excurrent into short awn. Flowering time Dec.-May. Nutlet elliptical to obovate, biconvex, chestnut-brown.
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Slender, perennial herb, up to 430 mm high. Stolons very slender, < 1 mm in diameter. Flowers: inflorescence of 1-3, sessile, cylindrical spikes; glumes dark red; Dec.-Apr. Fruit nutlet ellipsoid to obovoid, half the length of glume, chestnut-brown.
Perennial herb, up to 450 mm tall. Stolons very slender. Inflorescence of 1-3, sessile, cylindrical spikes. Nut ellipsoid to obovoid, half the length of glume, chestnut-brown. Glumes dark red.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.43
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Distribution

Kyllinga pulchella world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:309938-1
WFO ID wfo-0000455061
COL ID 3RH72
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Synonyms

Kyllinga pulchella Kyllinga anomala Kyllinga pulchella f. robustior Cyperus teneristolon var. robustior
WorldFloraDB 2024