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Cyperus Congestus
''Cyperus congestus'', commonly known as dense flat-sedge or clustered flat-sedge, is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to southern Africa mostly in South Africa, Lesotho and Namibia. Description The perennial sedge typically grows to a height of and has a tufted habit. It blooms between July and March produces brown flowers. The sedge has a short rhizome connecting plants together. The Culm (botany), culms are smooth and triangular in cross section, they are a pink-red toward the base. The leaves have a width of and are ridged with deep sharp depression down the middle. Between two and seven inflorescences can be found on each stem. The inflorescence are composed of up to 20 or smaller red-brown spikelets which are in length. After flowering it will form a trigonous dark brown-black nut with a narrow-obovoid shape that is approximately with a diameter of around . Taxonomy The species was first formally described by the botanist Martin Vahl in 1805 as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyperus Congestus (6783919323)
''Cyperus congestus'', commonly known as dense flat-sedge or clustered flat-sedge, is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to southern Africa mostly in South Africa, Lesotho and Namibia. Description The perennial sedge typically grows to a height of and has a tufted habit. It blooms between July and March produces brown flowers. The sedge has a short rhizome connecting plants together. The Culm (botany), culms are smooth and triangular in cross section, they are a pink-red toward the base. The leaves have a width of and are ridged with deep sharp depression down the middle. Between two and seven inflorescences can be found on each stem. The inflorescence are composed of up to 20 or smaller red-brown spikelets which are in length. After flowering it will form a trigonous dark brown-black nut with a narrow-obovoid shape that is approximately with a diameter of around . Taxonomy The species was first formally described by the botanist Martin Vahl in 1805 as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |