Trichophorum distigmaticum (Kük.) T.V.Egorova

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Trichophorum

Characteristics

Plants dioecious. Rhizomes creeping, long, slender. Culms 10-25 cm tall, slender, subterete, smooth. Leaf sheath brown, to 2.5 cm, longer than blade; leaf blade setaceous, to 1.8 cm but basal 2 or 3 bladeless. Inflorescences reduced to a single terminal spikelet, ovoid, ca. 5 × 2.5-3 mm, few flowered. Glumes straw-colored, ovate, ca. 3.5 mm, thinly membranous, shiny, margin sometimes basally white but apically brown, apex obtuse. Perianth bristles absent. Stamens 3, sterile on female flowers. Style long; stigmas 2. Nutlet black at maturity, broadly obovoid, ca. 2 mm, plano-convex. Fl. and fr. Jul-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Distribution

Trichophorum distigmaticum world distribution map, present in Chile and China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:315467-1
WFO ID wfo-0000591854
COL ID 58GZY
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Synonyms

Baeothryon distigmaticum Trichophorum distigmaticum Scirpus distigmaticus Scirpus pumilus subsp. distigmaticus