Fimbristylis polytrichoides

Fimbristylis polytrichoides is a species of fimbry known by the common name rusty sedge, native to east Africa, Madagascar, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Australia.[1][2][3][4] The plant is common along the coast line and estuaries of Australia. The flowers are a distinctive rusty brown color appearing on a single spikelet from May to July.

Fimbristylis polytrichoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Fimbristylis
Species:
F. polytrichoides
Binomial name
Fimbristylis polytrichoides

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  3. Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 213, 细叶飘拂草 xi ye piao fu cao, Fimbristylis polytrichoides (Retzius) R. Brown, Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 226. 1810.
  4. Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.


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