Plant descriptions ²

Annual, no runners. Glums all inserted in a spiral. Spikelets more or less numerous, in anthele or capitate. Style forked, glabrous at the base. Akene biconvex, not tubercular.

Elevation ²

Up to 2 000 m.

Smilar species ²

Syn. Fimbristylis annua ; Fimbristylis boiviniana ; Fimbristylis communis ; Fimbristylis diffusula ; Fimbristylis diphylla ; Fimbristylis polymorpha ; Fimbristylis tomentosa ; Scirpus annuus ; Scirpus dichotomus ; Scirpus diphyllus .

Reference ²

H. CHERMEZON, 1937. 29è Famille - Cyperaceae. Flore de Madagascar (Plantes vasculaires). Ed. Imprimerie Officielle Tananarive. 339 p.

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