Swaziland's Flora Database
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Cyperus obtusiflorus Vahl var. obtusiflorus (name current July 2011) (Cyperus obtusiflorus) CYPERACEAE Growth form: Graminoid Found within protected areas Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*): Cyperus obtusiflorus - Usually 30—60 cm high, growing as isolated plants from short swollen rootstock. Leaves few or numerous slender or slightly flattened, usually about half as long as stem. Inflorescence a single cluster of few broad spikelets with two or three narrow bracts beneath, spikelets up to 1,5 cm long X 8 mm wide, either bright yellow (var. flavissima) or white. * Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication. |
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