Scleria carphiformis
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Description
Probably perennial.
Leaves aggregated towards the base of the stems, usually much overtopping the stem, with obtuse tip, smooth, pubescent with long, white or greyish, patent hairs, sometimes glabrescent, 3-5 mm wide;
Inflorescence consisting of a very dense, globose or semiglobose, terminal cluster of spikelets 1-2 cm across, and 1-2 smaller clusters (sometimes reduced to a single spikelet) lower down on the stem, on capillary, more or less exserted peduncles in the axil of a leaf-like bract.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present), Cochinchina present, G. Tahan present, Kedah present present, Padang Kandis present, Pahang present, Rumbia present, SE. Celebes present, Trengganu present
Cochinchina; in Malesia: Malay Peninsula (Kedah: Kedah Peak; Trengganu: Padang Kandis; Pahang: G. Tahan), Borneo, SE. Celebes (Rumbia). .