Medium sized , closely tufted annual herb , up to 40 cm tall ; glabrous ; with shallow root system . Stems (culms) thin , erect , hollow , ridged , terete or angular . Leaves few , straw-colored , reduced to scarious scales at the base of stem and to tubular sheaths ; leaf sheath reddish or purple at base , greenish grey above , ending in a short triangular acute lobe with hyaline margin . Inflorescence a single terminal spikelet ; spikelets ovoid , 20–50-flowered ; glumes spirally arranged , imbricate , reddish brown , brown and rounded at apex , margin slightly laciniate . Fruits nutlet blackish purple , obovoid , smooth and shiny ; appandage pale grey , minute and conical . (Flora of Oman ; vol . 4) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
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Bulbostylis geniculatus (L.) Steven
Chlorocharis geniculata (L.) Rikli
Limnochloa geniculata (L.) Nees
Scirpus geniculatus L.
No data
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Bent Spikerush
Canada Spikesedge
Knoblike Spikesedge
Not recorded yet
*Ghazanfar, S. (2018). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.4: Hydrocharitaceae – Orchidaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 56). ISBN 9789492663153 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
