Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

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Cyperaceae
Cyperus laevigatus L.
English name: Smooth flat sedge.
Local name: Kehaar.
Description:
A perennial rhizomatous leafless herb, densely branched with soft round glabrous
stem, about 60-100 cm in length, rhizome strong, with short stolons, stem leafless,
2-3mm in diameter, spikes white, in lateral clusters.
Flowering Period:
June to October.
Habitat:
Hydrophytic. Found on wet meadows; marsh-lands and
shallow slow running water. Considerably salt tolerant.
Uses:
Grazed by livestock.
Distribution:
Central & Southern Europe, North East and WestAfrica, in
east as far as eastern Kazakhstan, Pakistan and
North-West India.