Fimbristylis ferruginea
Summary 1
Fimbristylis ferruginea is a species of fimbry known by the common name rusty sedge. The plant is common along the coast line and estuaries of Australia. It is also native to parts of Africa, southern Asia, and South America. The flowers are a distinctive rusty brown color appearing on a single spikelet from May to July.
Diagnostic 2
"Stem tufted, to 70 cm, rigid, 2 mm wide. Leaves flat or folded, 2-6 x 0.1-0.2 cm, scabrid, apex acuminate; ligule a dense fringe of short hairs; sheath fuscous or grey, margin hyaline. Inflorescence simple or subcompound, to 3 cm; involucral bracts shorter than inflorescence, to 1 cm. Spikelet solitary, ovoid or oblong, 0.5-1 cm, pinkish-brown; rachilla winged; glumes obovate-orbicular, to 4 mm, thick, sides nerveless, apex puberulous, mucronulate; keel 1-nerved. Stamens 3; filaments to 2.5 mm; anthers linear, to 2 mm. Style 2-fid, flat, ciliate, base dilated; stigmas papillose. Nut obovoid, biconvex, 1 mm long, fulvous, glossy, smooth, umbonulate, stipitate."
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- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fimbristylis_ferruginea
- (c) India Biodiversity Portal, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/26335384
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- African Plants - a photo guide
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- World Flora Online
