''Cyperus dactylotes'' is a sedge of the family
Cyperaceae
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w ...
that is native to all of mainland
Australia
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except for
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
.
Description
The perennial
rhizomatous
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sedge typically grows to a height of and has a tufted habit.
[ The trigonous or terete culms are smooth with a height of and a diameter of . It has septate to nodulose leaves of about the same length as the culms with a width of about .][ It blooms between May and July producing green-yellow-brown flowers.][ The compound or decompound ]inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...
will commonly have many primary branches to a length of with sub-digitate clusters that are spherical to hemispherical and have a diameter of .[
]
Distribution
It is found in creek beds, roadside drains and other damp areas in Western Australia
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, South Australia
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, the Northern Territory
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, Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
and New South Wales
)
, nickname =
, image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, es ...
.Kimberley
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Places and historical events
Australia
* Kimberley (Western Australia)
** Roman Catholic Diocese of Kimberley
* Kimberley Warm Springs, Tasmania
* Kimberley, Tasmania a small town
* County of Kimberley, a ...
and Pilbara
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regions of Western Australia where it grows in sand-loam-clay soils.[ In New South Wales it is found from around the White Cliffs area to the borders in the north west of the state.][ It is usually situated in damp areas such as along stream banks growing in sandy to loamy or clay soils.
]
See also
*List of Cyperus species
The genus ''Cyperus'' contains the following species recognised by ''The Plant List'' in 2015. Other species have since been considered synonyms, been newly described, or seem to have been omitted from the website database at the time. See refere ...
References
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Plants described in 1878
Flora of Western Australia
dactylotes
Taxa named by George Bentham
Flora of the Northern Territory
Flora of Queensland
Flora of New South Wales
Flora of South Australia