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Pycreus pumilus (L.) Nees

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Pycreus

Characteristics

Small, tufted, annual herb, up to 300 mm high. Rhizome poorly developed. Flowers: inflorescence of 1 sessile and 1-6 stalked spikelet clusters; glumes 1.0-1.2 mm long, conspicuously mucronate, greyish green to reddish brown; Feb.-Apr. Fruit an obovate to elliptic nutlet, dark grey, with minute tubercles in longitudinal rows.
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A small, tufted, annual herb, up to 160 mm tall. Inflorescence of 1 sessile and 1-6 stalked spikelet clusters. Nut dark grey, with minute tubercles in longitudinal rows. Glumes 1.0-1.2 mm long, conspicuously mucronate, greyish green to reddish brown.
Linear yellow-brown spikelets
Weak annual 5–40 cm. high
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.16 - 0.3
Root system fibrous-root rhizome
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Environment

Wet places, often on cultivated or otherwise disturbed sandy soil.
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Soil humidity 1-3
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Pycreus pumilus world distribution map, present in China, Pakistan, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1113629-2
WFO ID wfo-0000507232
COL ID 4QNCX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630523
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Synonyms

Cyperus pumilus f. gracilis Cyperus punctatus Cyperus pygmaeus Pycreus pumilus Cyperus breviculmis Cyperus divergens Dichostylis patens Pycreus pulvinatus Cyperus nitens Cyperus strictus Pycreus pumilus Pycreus nitens f. gracilis Pycreus patens Pycreus nitens Cyperus nitens var. patens Cyperus pumilis var. patens Cyperus pumilus var. prorepens Cyperus pumilis var. punctatus Pycreus pumilus var. patens Cyperus leucolepis Cyperus distans var. major
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