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Carl Farmer |
Occasional in wet alkaline flushes Plant 20-60 cm tall, female spikes 8-12 mm. Fruit c 3.5-4 mm including a beak 1-1.5 mm. ID: Ripe female spikes have fruit downturned, the fruits below the middle of the spike having their tip lower than their base, and being themselves strongly curved forward, not just positioned pointing downwards. Male spike well-stalked, some of the stalks over 20 mm. Other features: Female spikes normally no more than twice as long as broad. One male spike, female spikes typically 2, often just 1 (a good distinguishing feature from ssp oedocarpa), sometimes up to 4. Plant not strongly tufted like ssp oedocarpa, and has a much more upright look. |
