Perennial herb ; up to 10-15 cm long with basal bulbs covered by brown to blackish scales and with very slender stolons . Stems (culms) trigonous , arising from the bulb , smooth . Leaves 5–25 × 2–6 mm , many , longer than the culms ; leaf sheath to 5 cm , greyish brown to green , forming a basal part of the culm ; leaf blade 2-3 mm wide , linear , slightly scabrid on the margins , acuminate . Inflorescences a simple anthela , consisting of 5–20 spreading spikelets ; spikelets 5–10-flowered , in loose clusters on elongated axis , reddish brown to yellowish green , linear-lanceolate ; glumes dark reddish brown to almost blackish , ovate-lanceolate , apex acute , slightly excurrent . Fruit nutlet , 1 . 1–1 . 9 × 0 . 6–0 . 8 mm , oblong-ellipsoid , brown , papillose . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 4) .
No Data
Least Concern (LC) - Global Assessment
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Cyperus bulbifer A.Dietr.
Cyperus jeminicus Retz.
Cyperus oleraceus Roxb. ex Nees
Cyperus yemenicus Spreng.
No Data
maintenanceAr.Item1
Bush Onion
Wild Onion
Australian Bush Onion
Nalgoo
Not recorded yet. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
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