Rhynchospora hirsuta Vahl

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Rhynchospora

Characteristics

Annual, 10-30 cm. high, hairy-setose, the culms slender, leafy; leaves equaling or shorter than the culms, 1-3 mm. wide, frequently inrolled; corymbs 2-4 cm. broad; spikelets numerous, 4 mm. long, brown or castaneous; achene minute, bi-convex, coarsely reticulate, yellow-brown, suborbicular, the style-base depressed-conic; bristles lacking.
Life form
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.3
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Rhynchospora hirsuta world distribution map, present in Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:312218-1
WFO ID wfo-0000517320
COL ID 4ST68
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 731834
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Synonyms

Dichromena hirsuta Rhynchospora hirsuta Rhynchospora venezolana Schoenus hirsutus