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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Plants medium-sized, up to 50 cm high; inflorescence simple, sometimes almost capitate; glumes 1.6-2.8 mm long, golden-yellow to golden-brown; nutlet 0.7-1.1 mm long, transversely wrinkled. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | flavescens: pale yellow, yellowish; flavus = yellow |
| Habitat: | Swamps, seeps, seasonal pools |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Pantropical, Europe |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 30. As Pycreus flavescens 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. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 120. as Pycreus flavescens |
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