| Dwarf Umbrella Sedge |
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| File size | 461156 |
| Original date | 12/26/24 9:59 AM |
| Resolution | 1400 x 1050 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 5.54mm |
| Exposure time | 1/33s |
| Aperture | 1.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | samsung |
| Camera model | Galaxy S23 FE |
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Botanical name: Cyperus diffusus Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Synonyms: Eucyperus diffusus
Synonyms: Eucyperus diffusus
Dwarf Umbrella Sedge is a perennial grass-like plant
with stems 25-80 cm tall, slightly thick, 3-edged, smooth, several
leaved at basal part. Leaves equal or are shorter than stem; 0.3-2 cm
wide, flat, margin scabrous. Involucral bracts are 6-12, leaflike,
longer than inflorescence, 0.6-1.6 cm wide. Inflorescence is a
decompound anthela; rays many, mostly 12-16 cm, each with 2-8 raylets.
Spikelets are 1-5, stalkless, sometimes more than 3 at tip of raylets
or tertiary raylets, oblong to linear-oblong, 3-7 x 1.5-2 mm, slightly
turgid, 6-12-flowered. Glumes are reddish brown or rusty brown on both
surfaces but middle below green or grayish green, lax, broadly ovate to
round-ovate, about 2 mm. Stamens are 3. Dwarf Umbrella Sedge is found
in Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Queensland. Flowering:
June-September.
| Identification credit: Anil Thakur | Photographed in cultivation in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. |
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