''Fimbristylis dichotoma'', commonly known as forked fimbry or eight day grass, 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 tropical areas.

Description

The annual or perennial plant, 10–80 cm tall, with numerous long stems about 2 mm in diameter, slightly three-angled, compressed below the inflorescence, node-less, smooth and has a tufted habit. The root system is fibrous, wiry, black. Short rhizomes. Leaves numerous, forming a dense tuft at the base of the stem, being at least half as long as the stem.

Distribution

''Fimbristylis dichotoma'' is widely distributed in Asia, Africa and Australia as well as in other parts of the tropics.

Habitat

''Fimbristylis dichotoma'' grows well on wet or even flooded soil; it is also found in uplands where the soil has good water retention. It is also found in swamps, open waste places, grassy roadsides, '' Imperata cylindrica'' grasslands and some plantation crops.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q10871438 dichotoma Plants described in 1805 Flora of Western Australia