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Fimbristylis argentea
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Family:
CYPERACEAE
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Citation: Fimbristylis argentea (Rottb.) Vahl, Enum. Pl. 2: 294. 1805; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 640. 1893; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1659(1151). 1931; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 325. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 448. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 427. 1985; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 874. 1990; Rejani, Cyperac. Kerala 303. 1991; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 494. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 365. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 780. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 491. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 328. 1999; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 771. 2009; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 375. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 779. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 543. 2005.
Scirpus argenteus Rottb., Desc. Nov. Pl. 51. t. 17, f. 6. 1773.
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Description:
Annuals, 5-10 cm tall; culms tufted, compressed, trigonous, glabrous. Leaves basal, 3-10 x 0.1 cm, linear, flat, margins involute; sheaths 5-12 mm long, laterally compressed, straw-coloured, lower ones bladeless, mouth oblique, membranous with dark brown spots; ligule absent. Inflorescence terminal, capitate, 1-2 cm across; bracts 2-3, the largest to 4 cm long. Spikelets 5-8 x 1-1.5 mm, oblong-cylindric, obtuse, brown; rachilla narrowly winged. Glumes spiral, 1-1.5 mm long, ovate, concave, acute at apex, keeled, 3-nerved, yellowish, margins hyaline. Stamen 1; anthers c. 0.5 mm, oblong. Style c. 1 mm long, linear, thickened at base, sparsely ciliate at top; stigma 2. Nut c. 0.5 mm, obovoid, obscurely vertically striate, biconvex, yellowish.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Wet or moist sandy grounds, grasslands and in rice fields
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Distribution:
South and South East Asia
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Aquatic:
Yes
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
500-750
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Localities:
Athirapally, Kattalappara, Rosemala, Champakkad, Thekkady, Thunakkadavu, Tiruvalla, Kakadavu, Pallippuram, Canoli, Nedumkayam, Karimpuzha, Attayar
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