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Xyris capensis
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Family:
XYRIDACEAE
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Citation: Xyris capensis Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap. 12. 1794.
Xyris schoenoides Mart. in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 30.1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6:365.1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1532(1070). 1928.
Xyris capensis Thunb. var. schoenoides (Mart.) Nilsson, Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 24: 41. 1892; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 317. 1999; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 728. 2002.
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Description:
Tufted herbs. Leaves all radical, 10-15 x 0.5-0.8 cm, flat, lanceolate, apex acute; scape to 40 cm long. Heads terminal, solitary, ellipsoid, to 1 cm; bracts to 8 mm, orbicular, persistent; outer perianth unequal, deciduous; inner yellow, clawed; stamens 3, filaments to 2 mm; ovary 1 mm, one celled, many ovuled, style tri-fid, stigma papillose.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-June
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District(s):
Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
500-900
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Localities:
Pothumala, Eravikulam, Devicolam, Chemungi, Bonaccord, Pongalapara
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