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Abildgaardia erratica (Hook.) K. Lye subsp. schoenoides (Kunth) K. Lye | 
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| Status: | Native | 
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Densely tufted perennial sedge, bearing blackened leaf-bases below. Stems 10-50 cm. Young leaf sheaths pale brown to wine red. Inflorescence a compact head, composed of 1-5 obtuse spikelets; bracts shorter than the spikelet. Spikelets 6-10 mm, obtuse. Glumes dark brownish-black, pubescent; apex obtuse or emarginate with a frayed margin.Nutlet c. 1.4 mm, transversely wrinkled. | 
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| Derivation of specific name: | schoenoides: resembling a species of Schoenus, another genus in Cyperaceae | 
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | 
| Literature: | 
 Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 11. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 7. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 87.  |