Dune Sedge

Dune Sedge
	Dune Sedge ( Cyperus capitatus )
Systematics
	Commelinids
Order :	Sweet grass (Poales)
Family :	Sourgrass family (Cyperaceae)
Subfamily :	Cyperoideae
Genre :	Sedge grass ( Cyperus )
Type :	Dune Sedge
Scientific name
	Cyperus capitatus
	Vand.

The dune cypergrass ( Cyperus capitatus ) is a species of the sour grass family .

description

The dune sedge is a perennial, herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 10 to 50 centimeters. The species forms long, creeping ground sprouts. The stems are single. The leaves that arise at their base are gray-green, runny and 1 to 6 millimeters wide. The inflorescence is head- shaped , terminal and 15 to 30 millimeters wide. The spikelets are four to twelve flowered. The husks are reddish brown and suddenly end in a 1 to 3 millimeter long tip. There are usually three bracts. These are widened at the base, curved downwards and up to 15 centimeters long.

Dune Sedge ( Cyperus capitatus )

The flowering period extends from April to July.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 82.

Occurrence

The dune sedge occurs from the Mediterranean to the Caucasus and in Macaronesia on sandy beaches.

literature

Peter Schönfelder , Ingrid Schönfelder: What is in bloom in the Mediterranean? Franckh'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 2nd edition, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-440-05790-9 .

Individual evidence

^ Tropicos. [1]
↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Cyperus. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved October 25, 2016.

Web links

Commons : Cyperus capitatus - collection of images, videos and audio files

[Tropicos-1] Tropicos. [1]

[WCSP-2] Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Cyperus. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved October 25, 2016.