Fimbristylis subalata
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Description
Glabrous perennial with horizontal, shortly creeping, up to 4 cm long, woody rhizome clothed with ovate, striate, fuscous sheaths.
Leaves few (c. 2) to the stem, somewhat shorter than the stems, rigid, erect, filiform, with inrolled margins, acute, smooth, or scabrid at the very top, ½-¾ mm wide;
Inflorescence consisting of a single terminal spikelet.
Stamens 3;
Ovary in the upper half with thinly membranous, transversely striate wings.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Cambodia (Cambodia present); New Guinea present, Cochinchina present, Lake Daviumbu present, Middle Fly R present, Papua present, Peninsular Thailand present
Peninsular Thailand, Cochinchina, Cambodia; in Malesia: New Guinea (Papua: Lake Daviumbu, Middle Fly R.).