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Volume III (1980) - Flora of New Zealand Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous & Spathaceous Monocotyledons
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Scirpus inundatus (R.Br.) Poir.

S. inundatus (R. Br.) Sprengel Syst. Veg. 1, 1825, 207.

Tufted. Stems rather rigid, 6-30- (50) cm high. Leaves 1- (3) or reduced to red-brown basal sheaths. Inflorescence a cluster of (1) -3-6- (10) spikelets, often proliferous. Glumes obtuse, flattened towards tip. Stamen 1. Style-branches 3. Nut distinctly trigonous, usually white.

N., S. Nelson; Westland; rare elsewhere. St., Ch. Damp ground; lowland to montane. (Australia, Norfolk Id, Malaysia, S. America)

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