Plant descriptions ²

Tufted plants with a short woody rhizome more or less composed of swollen stem bases; leaf sheaths purple; inflorescence variable, rays more or less well developed and bearing spikes of more or less crowded small greenish or reddish one or two-flowered spikelets; common in damp grassy places.

Elevation ²

500 - 1 500 m.

Similar species ²

Syn. Cyperus umbellatus ; Mariscus thomensis

Reference ²

Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 2.

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More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
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