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Cyperus difformis
Cyperus difformis
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Dr. Maulik Gadani
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Botanical Name :
Cyperus difformis
L.
Synonyms :
Cyperus oryzetorum
Steud.
Common Name :
Variable Flatsedge, One-Arm Sedge, Rice Sedge, Small-Flower Umbrella Plant, Small-Flower Umbrella Sedge
Plant Family :
Cyperaceae
Plant Form :
Sedges
Occurrence (Special Areas) :
Indroda Park, Sarita Udyan
About Cyperus difformis Plant :
Habit :
A glabrous annual sedge with root fibrous and stems tufted, weak, triquetrous towards the top.
Leaves :
Few, usually shorter than the stem, linear, acuminate, obscurely nerved.
Inflorescence and Flowers :
Spikes in a simple or compound umbel or contracted into a head.
Spikelets many in dense heads, dusky or brown, oblong, obtuse, 10-30 flowered.
Glumes closely imbricate, obovate-oblong, obtuse, concave, 3-nerved.
Stamen 1.
Style much shorter than the nut.
Stigmas 3, linear, short.
Fruit :
Nut ellipsoid, obtusely trigonous, rounded and apiculate at the apex.
Flowering and Fruiting Time :
August - October