| Fimbristylis ferruginea (L.) Vahl, it is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte tufted (short-lived) herb 0,24-1,1 m tall with short rhizome, forming clumps 60 cm wide, culms compressed, 1-2 mm, leaf sheaths greyish pale brown or brown, blades 9-30 cm long, 1-2 mm wide. inflorescence open or less so and sometimes subcapitate, 2-4 cm long, 2-2,5 cm wide, spikelets few to many, shortly stalked to sessile or subsessile, brown or greyish, 0,5-1,8 cm long, 3-5 mm, glumes reddish-brown, densely set with short whitish hairs in upper part, 1-2 mm long, nutlet biconvex. Life Form: He, Flowering in: May-Nov, Vern:———-, Phytochoria: Tro+S.Tro, The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical to Caucasus. Notes: Wild in Libya, Rare Species, confined to southern parts only.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:104946-2, https://www.ipni.org/n/104946-2, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000420815, https://www.gbif.org/species/2708137, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/38925/fimbristylis-ferruginea-l-vahl, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/FIMFER/, https://portal.wiktrop.org/species/show/616 |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Fezzan area | Ghat area |
| W. of Fezzan 1934 | Ghat area, Al-Barkat 1934 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1985) Flora of Libya, Cyperaceae Vol. (120) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
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