Swaziland's Flora Database
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Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vahl ssp. dichotoma (name current July 2011) (name updated July 2011) (Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vahl) CYPERACEAE Growth form: Herb Found within protected areas Swaziland distribution: highveld/middleveld Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*): Fimbristylis dichotoma - Tufted, 60 cm—i m high. Leaves flat, c 3 mm wide, often twisted. Stem stiffly erect, longer than leaves. Inflorescence spreading, repeatedly branched, c 10 cm long X 5 cm wide; spikelets well separated, c 6 mm long x 3 mm wide; glumes dark brown, hairless, blunt with narrow rnembranous margin. * Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication. |
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