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Juncus prismatocarpus R. Br. ssp. leschenaultii
Synonyms |
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Juncus prismatocarpus var. genuinus Buchenau |
Family |
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JUNCACEAE |
Flowering and
fruiting period |
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February-March |
Distribution |
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Indo-Malesia
to New Zealand |
Distribution
in kerala |
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Idukki,
Kollam, Kannur, Palakkad, Wayanad |
Habitat |
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Marshy areas of grasslands |
Uses |
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Not Known |
Key Botanical
Characters: Tufted herbs, rootstock creeping.
Leaves both radical and cauline, to 6 x 0.3 cm, terete, hollow, septate;
sheath to 2 cm, open, auricled. Cymes terminal, corymbose, 10-15 cm; bracts
1.5 mm, ovate, acuminate. Outer perianth lobes concave, 3 mm, lanceolate,
acute, hyaline; filaments 1.5 mm. Ovary 0.8 mm, one celled, many ovuled,
stigma 3-lobed, linear, twisted. Capsule 3 mm, prismatic. |