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Volume III (1980) - Flora of New Zealand Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous & Spathaceous Monocotyledons
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Scirpus prolifer Rottb.

S. prolifer Rottb. Descr. Icon. Nov. Pl. 1773, 55, t. 17, f. 2.

Tufted. Stems soft, often drooping, (6)-25-60-(90) cm high. Leaves reduced to a single basal sheath. Inflorescence a cluster of numerous narrow spikelets, often proliferous. Stamens 3. Style-branches 3. Nut trigonous, creamy.

N. Scattered; more common in Wellington Province. S. Nelson; Westland. St. Swampy ground and edges of pools; lowland. (S. Africa, Australia)

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