Skye Flora

Bristle Club-rush


Isolepis setacea

Other name: Scirpus setaceus

Scirpus setaceus

Photo © Carl Farmer
20 Aug 2002 Penifiler

Fairly frequent in bare mud.

A short plant, usually < 15 cm high.  Spikelets 3-5 mm long.

Skye ID: Spikelets usually 2-3 together, their bract appearing as a continuation of the stem that goes well beyond the spikelets.

Other features: Tufted, often an annual.  Leaves thread-like, channelled, single or paired, from base of stem and shorter than stem.

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Scirpus setaceus

Photo © Carl Farmer
20 Aug 2002 Penifiler

 

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