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Giant umbrella sedge, toetoe upoko-tangata
| Common
name: Giant umbrella sedge, toetoe upoko-tangata,
mariscus |
Botanical
name: Cyperus ustulatus |
| Family: Cyperaceae
(sedge family) |
Maximum height: 2
metres |
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Where found:
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- Coastal or lowland in open damp situations
- Gravel beaches, river flats, stream sides and wet pasture
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| Description: |
- A clumped sedge with pale green shining, rough, cutting, curving
leaves, 8-15 mm wide, the leaves have visible cross-veins
- Narrow spikelets, keeled leaves 8-15 mm wide, tall flower stems
with dark brown/purple shiny spikes
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PHOTO: Barry Hartley
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