Records determined by Clare Archer

MRSC, det C.Archer; SRGH, det as B.collina
From E.A.Robinson's collection written by Bob Drummond.

MRSC, F.sp. nr. F.subaphylla; det C.Archer

Occasional, from sandy wash, bracts reddish-brown.

Annual; in sand, base of plant pale pink; bracts dark brown.

Collected among rocks; approx. 10 cm tall; stems light green; leaves light green; inflorescence golden brown.

Erect, 15 cm. Stems dark green; leaves dark green; inflorescence yellowish-brown.

Common in marshy areas. Stems dark green to light green; inflorescence golden-brown.

Common in the forest understory amongst grasses. Inflorescence brown.

MRSC, det EAR as B.aphyllanthoides; det C.Archer

Frequent among rocks; bracts brown; anthers yellow.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143236134

Annual

Annual

Occasional, in sandy wash, with grasses, base of stems reddish; bracts golden to brown.

Approx. 15 cm tall; stems dark green; leaves smooth, dark green; inflorescence golden yellow.

Herb; 25 cm, erect. Infructescence shiny, red-brown to golden-tan. In open, sandy depressions.

Common in forest understory growing amongst grasses. Roots with characteristic Vicks smell. (mentholated) Inflorescence yellowish brown.

Frequent herb from rhizome in low lying areas and wet places along river.

Soft, herbaceous, ca. 25 cm. Stems dark green; leaves dark green to light green towards base; inflorescence yellowish-green.

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Occasional in sand at edge of dry dambo; inflorescence bracts light yellow-green.

Occasional; among rocks; bracts light yellow at base to brown on tips.

Approx. 20 cm tall; stems dark green; leaves dark green; inflorescence light grey with a brown tint.

bases of the stems brown; inflorescence light brown with green.

Occasional on open sandy patches in forest understory. Roots with sweet aroma. Inflorescence cream to grey appearing yellow around the bases.

Sub-dominant herbaceous species in Brachystegia/Julbernardia open woodland on pale brown sands in slight depressions (not wetland).

Infrequent herb; bracts white; anthers yellow.

Infrequent herb; base of stalk and bracts of inflorescence yellow.

Common, dark green with golden brown inflorescence; ca. 1 m; lateral shoots/corms light yellow.

Common in shallow (ca. 50 cm) standing water of permanent zone of a lake in the floodplain of the Govuru River.

In marsh vegetation of ephemerally flooded and seasonally saturated sand soils of a seasonal drainage line with[?in] the Govuru River catchment.

Frequent herb; in marsh; to 1.5 m tall; lower leaf sheaths black; bracts light green; floral parts green except stigma white, turning brown.

Common in 50 cm deep water on the margins of the permanently inundated zone of a lake on the Govuru River floodplain.

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Common in mopane woodland. Stem light green. Blades green; inflorescence white.

White inflorescence with yellow anthers.

Sedge; light green; ca. 25 cm tall; common, with triangular stem; inflorescence light green with a brown tint.

Stems light green, clustered; roots short and fibrous; flower buds small, hard and brown tinged; flowers with light green spines; common; in swampy area.

Epiphyte 0.08 m tall with white flowers growing on the bark of various trees including Teclea sp., Androstachys johnsonii and Euphorbia sp. Common.-x000D- Habitat: Open woodland on a limestone plateau, in light shade. No biotic effect seen.

iNaturalist record

Ca. 30 cm, in marsh areas. Stems light green; leaves light green; inflorescences golden-brown to yellow.

Locally common along shore margins. Stems light green and smooth. Inflorescence greenish yellow. Pedicels brown around the bases.

In marsh vegetation, seasonally saturated sands of a seasonal drainage line which forms part of the Govuru River catchment.

Seasonally saturated white sands with thin organic horizon, on margins of coastal channelled valley-bottom wetland.

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UJ DNA No. UJ05318

Sedge

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Locally dominant emergent hydrophyte in coastal stream in transition zone between mangrove swamp and peatland (mire) habitats.

Frequent on rocky hillside and elsewhere, from tan bulb; outer inflorescence bracts light brown.

Approx. 20 cm tall; leaves and stems dark green; inflorescence brown.

Common on white, hydromorphic sands that are organically enriched, on the margins of a mire (peatland) which forms the source of a coastal stream.

Rare, in moist soil; deep shade, 1.5 m tall; outer inflorescence bracts white.

Occasional near waters edge to 1.5 m; bracts light green to brown; seeds white.

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