Schoenoplectus grossus (L.f.) Palla

 
  • Family : CYPERACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Cyperaceae
  • Species : Schoenoplectus 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 : A rare species reported by G.R.Rao et al from the shallow fresh water marshes of Uttara kannada district.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Uttara Kannada
  • Floras referred : Rao G. R.et al, 2011, New plant records for Karnataka from Uttara Kannada district, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. Vol. 35 No. 1 (2011); Kew Bull. 46: 171 1991.

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