Description:
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Perennial with a vertical or horizontal rhizome; stems 3-10, tufted, 40-80 cm tall, sharply 3-angled. Leaves absent, leaf-sheaths pale brown, 4-15 cm long, ending in a triangular apex or a minute mucro. Inflorescence an apparently lateral cluster of 4-25 sessile spikelets; main inflorescence bract similar to stem, usually erect but sometimes at an angle. |
Literature:
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Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 26 - 28.
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 89.
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