- Family : CYPERACEAE
(SEDGE FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Cyperaceae
- Species : Scirpus grossus
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Actinoscirpus grossus (L.f.) Goetgh. & D.A.Simpson
- Key identification features : Perennials with culms corm-like at the base, sharply 3-angled, the faces are concave smooth. Leaves few to a culm, linear, mostly equaling the culm. Inflorescence is a large terminal corymb with primary, secondary and tertiary rays. Spikelets solitary, the terminal ones sessile, the rest pedicellate, ellipsoid, 0.5-0.7 cm long, 0.35-0.4 cm in diameter, many flowered, light brown to rusty coloured. Glumes boat-shaped, 0.2-0.3 cm long, 0.2-0.25 cm wide, rusty-brown, ciliate along margins. Stamens 3. Nuts somewhat flattened, broadly obovate, yellowish-brown.
- Habit : Herb
- Comments : Often on plains in marsh.
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- World Distribution : India, China, Boniu Islands, tropical Australia, Malaysia
- Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4 ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Scirpus grossus. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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