Family: Cyperaceae
Plant: A slender erect rush up to 70cm high.
Flowers: Inflorescence narrow spike-like 3-10cm long and up to 1cm diameter. Spikelets 4-5mm long, are few in number.
Flowering: October-December.
Fruit: A shiny red-brown to black ovoid nut 2-3mm long.
Stem: Grey-green, cylindrical 1-2mm diameter
Leaves: Reduced to light brown to red mucronate sheaths along the stem and at the base of stems.
Habitat: Mostly in brackish or saline swamps near the sea.
Features: Rush with greyish-green stems. Common on damp sandy soils.
Name:
Baumea After the French chemist E. F. Antoine Baume.
juncea From Latin juncea = rush-like.
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Type |
Sedge/Rush |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Red, Rust |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
- |
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Flowering Month |
10, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Other |
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Colour |
Red, Brown, Black |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Absent/Reduced |
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Type |
- |
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Shape |
- |
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Length |
- |
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Margins |
- |
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Attachment |
Stem-clasping |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Beach strand, Fresh water habitat, |
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Saline water habitat |
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