Pycreus permutatus (Boeckeler) Napper

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Pycreus

Characteristics

Tufted perennial about 61 cm (2 ft) high with leafy stems surrounded at the base by black or brown coarse hairlike fibres, remnants of the old sheath-bases. Spikelets indense heads, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, black or brown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Pycreus permutatus world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:311736-1
WFO ID wfo-0000507028
COL ID 4QNCH
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Synonyms

Pycreus permutatus Cyperus permutatus Cyperus lanceus var. mucronatus Cyperus macranthus var. mucronatus