Scirpoides burkei (C.B.Clarke) Goetgh., Muasya & D.A.Simpson

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Scirpoides

Characteristics

Perennial herb, tufted, with hard stout bases, 0.45-0.75 m high. Leaf blades 1.2-1.8 mm wide, inrolled (C-shaped. Culm scapose, terete, smooth, 2.0-2.8(-4.0) mm in diam. at middle, ± 3-angled with scabrid angles below inflorescence. Inflorescence a compound umbel of 30-60 long-stalked, rounded clusters 7-10 mm in diam., each of 3-20 densely packed spikelets. Subtending bracts 4-8, much longer than inflorescence, leaf-like. Spikelets ovate, 3-4 x 2 mm. Glumes lanceolate, ± 2.2 mm long, keel excurrent into slightly recurved awn up to 0.5 mm long. Flowering time Dec. Nutlet elliptic to obovate, beaked, ± 0.8 mm long, 3-angled, black, surface minutely reticulate.
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Perennial herb, up to 1 m high. Inflorescence a compound umbel of heads 6-8 mm in diameter. Leaves hard, rolled, with broad basal sheaths. Stem rounded, broader than leaves. Nuts blackish, ± 0.5 mm long. Glumes reddish brown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 0.73 - 0.88
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Soil texture 5-6
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Therapeutic use Mat (unspecified), Hat (unspecified)
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Distribution

Scirpoides burkei world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1015490-1
WFO ID wfo-0000533469
COL ID 4VLKF
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Synonyms

Scirpoides burkei Scirpus schinzianus Scirpus burkei