Tetraria octandra

(Tetraria octandra)

galery

Description

Tetraria octandra is a rhizomatous, tufted perennial, sedge which grows from 0.15 to 1.2 m high. Its brown to black flowers may be seen from May to November.It grows on white, grey or lateritic sand, loam, granite, graveland in swamps and on rocky hillsides

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Liliopsida
Order:Poales
Family:Cyperaceae
Genus:Tetraria
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