Carex filicina Nees, Contr. Bot. India 123 1834. (syn: Carex caricina (D.Don) Ghildyal & U.C.Bhattach.; Carex caricina var. glaucina (Boeckeler) Ghildyal & U.C.Bhattach.; Carex caricina var. leptocarpa (C.B.Clarke) Ghildyal & U.C.Bhattach.; Carex caricina var. microgyna (C.B.Clarke) Karth.; Carex caricina var. minor Ghildyal & U.C.Bhattach.; Carex ceylanica var. saturata (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Carex filicina var. ciliata Kuntze; Carex filicina f. depauperata Kük.; Carex filicina var. hirta Kuntze; Carex filicina var. laevis Kuntze; Carex filicina var. laucina (Boeckeler) Kük.; Carex filicina var. leptocarpa (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Carex filicina var. meiogyna (Nees) Strachey; Carex filicina var. microgyna C.B.Clarke; Carex filicina subsp. pseudofilicina (Hayata) T.Koyama; Carex filicina var. saturata (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Carex filicina var. subdensa F.T.Wang & Tang; Carex glaucina Boeckeler; Carex leptocarpa C.B.Clarke; Carex meiogyna Nees; Carex neoguineensis C.B.Clarke; Carex nilagirica Hochst. ex Steud.; Carex pseudofilicina Hayata; Carex saturata C.B.Clarke; Carex sclerioides Ridl.; Carex subfilicina Ohwi; Cyperus caricinus D.Don, nom. rej.);
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China to Tropical Asia: Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO;
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Perennials, culms to 120 cm tall, slender. Leaves 30-60 x 0.8 cm, scabrous. Sheath rounded, closed. Partial panicles 8-10 x 3 cm; bracts to 30 cm long; bracteoles filiform. Spikelets 1.5 cm long; male portion 3-4 mm long, narrower; pistillate glumes 2 mm long, reddish brown; utricle 3.5 mm long, scabrid, blotched with red spots; beak 1.5 mm long, deeply bifid. Staminate glumes 3 x 1.5 mm, acute.
Flowering and fruiting: May-August
All forest types
(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal)
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SK 2863 12 January 2021 – Grass: 5 high resolution images.
Some carex ??
Please check Scleria
Scleria oblata S.T.Blake ex J.Kern Syn : Scleria laevis Willd. ??
It seems to be Carex filicina Nees
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376 ID wild grass: 15 images- 10 high res. images.
Please ID wild grass, very rare only 5 groups here,
Location: near Vannappuram, Thodupuzha, Idukki Dist., Kerala PIN:685607
Altitude: 1500fsl
Flower date: 05OCT2022, 03.15pm
Habitat: wild moisture, rocky misty evergreen hill soil, no sunlight
Plant habit: grass groups, erect, weak triangular stem 05mm base diameter, young shoots, perennial
Height: 02 feet
Leaves: alternate, lengthy, acute, wavy, simple glossy, size:01.2 feet×01cm
Flower: axillary panicle racemose, micro size, gripped peduncle lite fragrance
Fruit:
Seed:
Camera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x
Carex filicina Nees
Yes, it is Carex filicina Nees, dear Saroj ji, thank you very much for ID my plant,
Yes, appears close to images at Carex filicina, as suggested by …
Yes. It is Cyperaceae
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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 WCSP IPNI GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of China FOC illustration Flora of Pakistan FOP illustration Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal India Biodiversity Portal Kerala plants