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Uncinia purpurata Petrie

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Petrie
Petrie
1885
272
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Uncinia purpurata Petrie
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Uncinia purpurata

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purpurata

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Uncinia purpurata Petrie

Caespitose, slender. Culms 4–25–(40) cm. × c. 0.5 mm., slightly scabrid below infl.; basal bracts dull brown or yellow-brown. Lvs 3–5 per culm, much < mature culms, 1–2 mm. wide, erect or slightly curved, faintly scabrid on the margins and adaxial surface towards the tip. Spikes 2.5–4 cm. ×3–4 mm., ebracteate, female fls c. 10–20, close-set, becoming more lax at maturity with internodes up to 5 mm. long at base of spike, 1.5 mm. long above. Glumes for the most part ½–¾ length of utricles, persistent, broadly ovate, obtuse or lowermost subacute, coriac., bright chestnut-brown with green or light brown midrib and broad, whitish, hyaline margins. Utricles 4.5–5.5 × 1–2 mm., plano-convex, oblong or obovate, dark brown with ∞ faint veins, beak 1–1.5 mm. long, stipe c. 1 mm. long.

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Uncinia purpurata Petrie
Uncinia purpurata Petrie
Uncinia purpurata Petrie
Uncinia purpurata Petrie
Uncinia purpurata Petrie
Uncinia purpurata Petrie
Uncinia purpurata Petrie
Uncinia purpurata Petrie
Uncinia purpurata Petrie
Uncinia purpurata Petrie
Uncinia purpurata Petrie
Uncinia purpurata Petrie
Uncinia purpurata Petrie

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Uncinia purpurata Petrie
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870743b5-e5fd-489b-af04-ad724eef58f8
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
20 August 2015
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