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Scleria lithosperma (L.) Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 18 1788. (Syn: Carex lithosperma J.F. Gmel.; Carex subulata J.F.Gmel.; Carex tenuis (Retz.) J.F.Gmel.; Hypoporum capillare (R.Br.) Nees; Hypoporum gracile (Rich.) Torr.; Hypoporum lithospermum (L.) Nees; Hypoporum purpurascens Nees [Illegitimate]; Hypoporum sieberi Nees [Invalid]; Scirpus lithospermus L.; Scleria capillaris R.Br.; Scleria elongata J.Presl & C.Presl; Scleria filiformis Sw.; Scleria glaucescens J.Presl & C.Presl; Scleria gracilis Rich.; Scleria krugiana Boeckeler; Scleria lithosperma var. filiformis (Sw.) Britton ..; Scleria pauciflora Sauvalle [Illegitimate]; Scleria purpurea Poir.; Scleria puzzolanea K.Schum.; Scleria subulata (J.F.Gmel.) Steud.; Scleria tenuis Retz.; Scleria wightiana Steud. [Illegitimate]);
Submission of Scleria lithosperma : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)Plant name: Scleria lithosperma (L.) Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 18. 1788.
Ver.name: Nut rush (Eng.).
Family: Cyperaceae
Description: Plants perennial; rhizomes short, nodulose, aromatic when fresh. Culms in tufts, slender, 30–90 cm long, glabrous or slightly scabrous. Leaves shorter than culms; linear, keeled, 1-3mm wide; sheaths purplish weakly ribbed, finely pilose. Inflorescences axillary or terminal lax panicles, 10-15cm long, terminal one 3- 5 cm with 2-7 open fascicles; with 1-4 spikelets; involucre bracts subtending and longer than inflorescence, leaflike, broadly attenuate, scabrous. Spikelets bisexual 1-few flowered, 3-5 mm. Achenes whitish or gray between angles, globose, 2-3 mm, smooth.
Photographed at Venkatagiri
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