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Tetraria octandra (Tetraria octandra)

Description

Tetraria octandra is a rhizomatous, tufted perennial, sedge which grows from 0.15 to 1.2 m high. Its brown to black flowers may be seen from May to November.It grows on white, grey or lateritic sand, loam, granite, graveland in swamps and on rocky hillsides

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Poales

            • Family: Cyperaceae

              • Genus: Tetraria