Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vahl

Common Name : Forked fimbry
Family : Cyperaceae

HABIT

ANNUAL OR SHORT LIVED PERENNIAL, 10-70 CM TALL.

STEMS

CULMS SLENDER TO RATHER STOUT, COMPRESSED.

LEAVES

LEAF BLADE PILOSE WITH TUBERCLE BASED HAIRS ON BOTH SIDES.

FLOWERS

CORYMB SIMPLE, COMPOUND OR DECOMPOUND; SPIKELETS OVOID TO OVOID-ELLIPSOID, 3-10 MM LONG.

FRUITS

NUTS OBOVATE TO BROADLY OVATE, 0.7-1.25 MM LONG, CREAMY, EACH SIDE CANCELLATED WITH 7-13 ROWS OF TRANSVERSELY OBLONG CELLS.