Uncinia banksii Boott

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Uncinia

Characteristics

Very dense blue-green or bright green tufts. Culms 10–35 cm. long, much < 0.5 mm. diam., glab., terete; basal bracts dull reddish brown. Lvs 3–6 per culm, = or > culm, 0.5–1.5 mm. wide, very soft, harshly scabrid on margins and upper surface towards the long filiform tip. Spikes 3–7 cm. × 1–2 mm., occ. bracteate, female fls c. 5–10, all distant, internodes (1)–4–10 mm. long, male glumes scarcely imbricating. Glumes much < utricles, deciduous, ovate or oblong, acute or acuminate, hyaline with a green midrib. Utricles (4.5)–5–6 mm. long, slightly < 1 mm. diam., plano-convex or terete, narrow-lanceolate or oblong, strongly nerved, rarely smooth, green to very pale brown, not spreading at maturity, distinctly contracted to a stipe 0.5–1 mm. long, beak 1–1.5 mm. long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Distribution

Uncinia banksii world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:315566-1
WFO ID wfo-0000596432
COL ID 7DHNP
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Synonyms

Uncinia capillaris Uncinia banksii Uncinia banksii var. major Uncinia riparia var. banksii