DV - 01AUG10 - 1237 :: grass similar to Rhynchospora wightiana

Dinesh Valke

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Aug 4, 2010, 1:01:07 PM8/4/10

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Dear friends,
Flower of grass, similar to Rhynchospora wightiana ... ID please.
Please bear with me ... only single photo.

Date/Time : August 1, 2010 at 12.37pm IST
Location Place : Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan, Mumbai
Altitude : about 10 m (above mean sea level)
GPS : about 18°58'41.72"N, 72°50'13.35"E

Habitat : Garden
Type : untended grass area

Plant
Habit : grass
Height : about 1 foot max

Flowers
Size : about 0.5 inch
Colour : white

Regards.

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Gurcharan Singh

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Aug 4, 2010, 1:23:07 PM8/4/10

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Kyllinga nemorosa, I suppose.

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Gurcharan Singh

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Aug 4, 2010, 1:27:08 PM8/4/10

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K. nemoralis pl.

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Gurcharan Singh

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Aug 4, 2010, 1:28:17 PM8/4/10

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And yes Dinesh ji, it is a sedge and not a grass.

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Dinesh Valke

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Aug 4, 2010, 1:42:53 PM8/4/10

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... many many thanks for the ID, Gurcharan ji ... more importantly for clearing my thoughts about grass and sedge.
Regards.

Muthu Karthick

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Aug 5, 2010, 1:51:50 AM8/5/10

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Yes Dineshji,

This sedge is Kyllingia nemoralis ( J. R. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutchinson & Dalziel of Cyperaceae.

Did you collected form a moist place or from its proximity?

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Dinesh Valke

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Aug 5, 2010, 2:13:51 AM8/5/10

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Muthu ji, this was in Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan (formerly and popularly known as Rani Baug or Victoria Gardens) at Byculla, Mumbai.

The sedge is growing wild in untended area where normally is grass lawn meant for visitors to sit and enjoy the garden.
Moist, we may say, yes ... due to rains, water-logging is obvious in untended grass lawns.

Regards.

tanay bose

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Aug 5, 2010, 3:42:38 AM8/5/10

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Kyllinga nemorosa sure

Tanay

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