Scirpus radicans
| Scirpus radicans | |
|---|---|
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| Scirpus radicans (left), Scirpus sylvaticus (right), from book plate, 1796 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Scirpus |
| Species: | S. radicans |
| Binomial name | |
| Scirpus radicans Schkuhr | |
Scirpus radicans is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Cyperaceae.[1]
Its native range is Europe to Japan.[1]
Description
[edit]Perennial herb 60–125(150) cm tall. Rhizome short. Stems with long lateral shoots that bend in an arc to the soil and root at the top. Leaves up to 2 cm wide, flat. Perianth setae 2–3 times longer than the nut, sinuous, almost smooth. Spikelets pointed, lanceolate, blackish, 5–8 mm long, sitting 1 at the ends of smooth branches of a spreading paniculate inflorescence 10–20 cm long. Spikelets oblong-ovate to narrowly ovate, 5–8 × ≈ 2 mm, abundantly flowered. Spike scales densely arranged, oblong, ≈ 2 mm, membranous, both surfaces dark grayish-black, midrib pale yellow, base sometimes straw-colored, margins at apex ciliate, apex rounded. Anthers ≈ 1 mm, linear-oblong. Nut pale yellow, obovate, ≈ 1 mm, compressed on 3 sides. 2n = 56.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Scirpus radicans Schkuhr | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ↑ http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200026955
