Carex breviculmis flowerhead3 NT - Flickr - Macleay Grass Man
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Description: Native cool-season perennial sedge with short rhizomes, densely tufted shoots and erect, terete to 3-sided stems 3–10 (-20) cm tall. Leaves exceed the stems and are to 35 cm long. Flowerheads are erect, narrow and about 4 cm long; there are 2–5 solitary spikes at nodes. Spikes are sessile, erect at maturity and 1.2–1.8 cm long; the uppermost spike is male and the lower spikes are female. Flowering is from spring to summer. Grows in grassland and open woodland (rather dry sites) especially on tablelands. Date: 14 September 2014, 13:05. Source: Carex breviculmis flowerhead3 NT. Author: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia.
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Archaeplastida (plants)
- Chloroplastida (green plants)
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- Embryophytes
- Tracheophyta (ferns)
- Spermatophytes (seed plants)
- Angiosperms (Dicotyledons)
- Monocots (Monocotyledons)
- Commelinids
- Poales (grasses)
- Cyperaceae (sedges)
- Carex (Sedges)
- Carex breviculmis (Asian shortstem sedge)
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