''Cyperus hamulosus'' 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 ...

. It is native from

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east to

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, and from

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in north Africa down to

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in the south. It has also been introduced to western parts of

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Description

The annual herb-like sedge typically grows to a height of and has a curry-like smell. In Australia it blooms between April and May producing green flowers. It has smooth culms with a triangular cross-section that reach a height of and have a diameter of about . The leaves can be as longs as the culms but are often shorter and have a width of about . The head-like

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 ...

s can have two to three branches that are up to in length with cylindrical to spherical shaped spikes that have a diameter of about .

Taxonomy

It was described by the botanist

Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein Baron Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein (30 July 1768 in Stuttgart – 28 June 1826 in Merefa) was an early explorer of the flora and archeology of the southern portion of Imperial Russia, including the Caucasus and Novorossiya. He compi ...

in 1808 as a part of the work ''Flora Taurico Caucasica''. There are eight

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including; ''Cyperus aristatus'' subsp. ''hamulosus'', ''Dichostylis hamulosa'', ''Isolepis hamulosa'', ''Mariscus hamulosus'' and ''Scirpus hamulosus''.

Distribution

It is found in temperate climatic areas from Eastern

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to parts of central

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. It is also found in tropical parts of

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. It has become naturalised is

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and is found around the edges of lakes in the

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and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in gravelly sandy-clay soils. It is also found in the

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15532897 Plants described in 1808 hamulosus Flora of Western Australia Flora of the Northern Territory Flora of Morocco Flora of Namibia Flora of Botswana Flora of Chad Flora of Mali Flora of Niger Flora of Nigeria Flora of Senegal Flora of Bulgaria Flora of Greece Flora of Russia Flora of Mongolia Flora of Romania Flora of Tunisia Flora of Turkmenistan Flora of Uzbekistan Flora of Ukraine

Description

Taxonomy

Distribution

See also

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