Records determined by Clare Archer

MRSC, det C.Archer; SRGH, det as B.collina
From E.A.Robinson's collection written by Bob Drummond.

MRSC, F.sp. nr. F.subaphylla; det C.Archer

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Annual

Annual

Occasional, in sandy wash, with grasses, base of stems reddish; bracts golden to brown.

Approx. 15 cm tall; stems dark green; leaves smooth, dark green; inflorescence golden yellow.

Herb; 25 cm, erect. Infructescence shiny, red-brown to golden-tan. In open, sandy depressions.

Common in forest understory growing amongst grasses. Roots with characteristic Vicks smell. (mentholated) Inflorescence yellowish brown.

Frequent herb from rhizome in low lying areas and wet places along river.

Occasional, restricted to sand; bracts light green to light brown.

Herb; 75 cm, erect. Stems pale brown at base. Inflorescence yellowish-tan. Common.

locally abundant on black clay soil

Clumping sedge of sandy lake shore to 1 m tall; spikes light golden-yellow; leaves with white undersides.

MRSC: "=Astle 1298, not C.digitatus", det CA as C.d.auricomus, Feb00);

Soft, herbaceous, ca. 25 cm. Stems dark green; leaves dark green to light green towards base; inflorescence yellowish-green.

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Occasional in sand at edge of dry dambo; inflorescence bracts light yellow-green.

Occasional; among rocks; bracts light yellow at base to brown on tips.

Approx. 20 cm tall; stems dark green; leaves dark green; inflorescence light grey with a brown tint.

bases of the stems brown; inflorescence light brown with green.

Occasional on open sandy patches in forest understory. Roots with sweet aroma. Inflorescence cream to grey appearing yellow around the bases.

Sedge; light green; ca. 25 cm tall; common; with triangular stem; inflorescence light green with a brown tint.

Common in shallow (ca. 50 cm) standing water of permanent zone of a lake in the floodplain of the Govuru River.

Common to dominant species in marsh vegetation of peatland (mire) of a coastal stream.

In marsh vegetation of ephemerally flooded and seasonally saturated sand soils of a seasonal drainage line with[?in] the Govuru River catchment.

Very common sedge among rocks, along the stream. Inflorescence reddish-brown.

Frequent herb; in marsh; to 1.5 m tall; lower leaf sheaths black; bracts light green; floral parts green except stigma white, turning brown.

Common in 50 cm deep water on the margins of the permanently inundated zone of a lake on the Govuru River floodplain.

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Common in mopane woodland. Stem light green. Blades green; inflorescence white.

Sedge; light green; ca. 25 cm tall; common, with triangular stem; inflorescence light green with a brown tint.

Stems light green, clustered; roots short and fibrous; flower buds small, hard and brown tinged; flowers with light green spines; common; in swampy area.

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Flowers white with green mid-vein.

Occasional; in mist from falls; to 1.5 m tall, base of leaves red-brown; base of peduncles red-brown, bracts light brown.

Sedge; rocky outcrop at dambo margin; stem green, smooth; inflorescence brown-yellow; peduncle green, appearing black around the bases; fruits black; plant senescent.

Common in marsh vegetation of peatland (mire) in coastal stream.

Ca. 30 cm, in marsh areas. Stems light green; leaves light green; inflorescences golden-brown to yellow.

Locally common along shore margins. Stems light green and smooth. Inflorescence greenish yellow. Pedicels brown around the bases.

Widespread from thickened root; stems yellow-orange at base; inflorescence bracts white.

In marsh vegetation, seasonally saturated sands of a seasonal drainage line which forms part of the Govuru River catchment.

Sub-dominant in seasonally saturated sands of coastal channelled valley-bottom wetland. Also occurs on patches of peat substrates in wetland.

Sub-dominant on permanently saturated peat substrates, dominated by Trichopteryx dregeana in a coastal perennial channelled valley-bottom wetland.

Seasonally saturated white sands with thin organic horizon, on margins of coastal channelled valley-bottom wetland.

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UJ DNA No. UJ05318

Sedge

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Locally dominant emergent hydrophyte in coastal stream in transition zone between mangrove swamp and peatland (mire) habitats.

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