Fuirena ciliaris

Fuirena ciliaris (L.) Roxb., Hort. Bengal. 81 1814. (Syn:  Fuirena ciliata Steud.; Fuirena rottboellii Nees; Fuirena striata Llanos; Scirpus aristatus Willd.; Scirpus ciliatus Rottb.; Scirpus pilosus Retz.) 
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Erect, tufted, non-rhizomatous annual herbs; culms 10-34 cm tall, slender, obtusely angular, 2-4-noded, pubescent. Leaves 2.5 – 9 x 0.3-0.6 cm, linear or linear-lanceolate, base rounded, apex acute, wholly pubescent, 3-5-nerved, basal leaves reduced to bladless sheaths; sheaths to 2.5 cm long; ligules 1-2 mm long, hairy. Inflorescence with 1 to 3 glomerulous clusters of spikelets; clusters 1-2 cm across, bearing 4-10 spikelets; bracts leaf-like. Spikelets 5-10 x 2.5 – 3.5 mm, ovate or oblong-elliptic, squarrose, pubescent. Glumes spiral, 1.5-2 x 1 mm, oblong-obovate, pubescent, 3-nerved; awn c. 1 mm long, recurved. Hypogynous bristles 3, scabrid. Hypogynous scales 3, c. 1 x 0.5 mm, longitudinally rectangular with 3-denticulate apex, base long-stipitate. Stamens 3. Stigmas 3, papillose. Nuts c. 1 x 0.5 mm, obovate to elliptic, triquetrous.

(From India Biodiversity Portal 

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Cyperaceae from STR 101209 – NSD 127 :  9 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2)

This small grass is from Satpura tiger Reserve Hoshangabad

I think it is sp spe from Cyperaceae, photographed on 9-12-09

Experts pl id it

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I have little knowledge in grasses but still trying is this Carex grayi?

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Perhaps Fuirena ciliaris (= Scirpus), a sedge.

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Yes I also think as Fuirena ciliaris (= Scirpus), a sedge as identified by …

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286 ID wild grass: 10 high res. images.
Please ID wild grass,
Location: near Reserve Forest, Chathamattom, Ernakulam District, (Kochi) Kerala PIN:686671
Altitude: 1400fsl
Flower date: 20.02.2022. 12.30pm
Habitat: wild, moisture, stream sand ridge
Plant habit: erect, branches, slender weak pseudostem, hairy, annual
Height: 12 cm
Leaves: basal rosette, alternate, lengthy, apex, hairy, size: 15×0.3cm
Flower: racemose, diameter: 15 mm, green, non fragrant
Fruit:
Seed: 

Cyperaceae ??

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Most Cyperaceae sp. have lite or strong aromatic taste and smell. I already checked this, but doesn’t feel any of these properties, so I am confused. Very rare and only one here,

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Google said sedge plant have triangular stem, but pseudostem of this plant is cylindrical,

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Yes, … Appears close to images at Fuirena umbellata

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Furirena sps of Cyperaceae

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It is Fuirena sp., can be F. ciliaris (L.) Roxb.

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References:

POWO  The Plant List  GRIN  Flora of China  India Biodiversity Portal