| Fimbristylis dichotoma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Fimbristylis |
| Species: | F. dichotoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Fimbristylis dichotoma | |
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| Synonyms [1] | |
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Fimbristylis dichotoma, commonly known as forked fimbry [2] or eight day grass, [3] is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to tropical areas.
The annual or perennial plant, 10–80 cm tall, with numerous long stems about 2 mm in diameter, slightly three-angled, compressed below the inflorescence, node-less, smooth and has a tufted habit. The root system is fibrous, wiry, black. Short rhizomes. Leaves numerous, forming a dense tuft at the base of the stem, being at least half as long as the stem. [4]
Fimbristylis dichotoma is widely distributed in Asia, Africa and Australia [3] as well as in other parts of the tropics. [5]
Fimbristylis dichotoma grows well on wet or even flooded soil; it is also found in uplands where the soil has good water retention. It is also found in swamps, open waste places, grassy roadsides, Imperata cylindrica grasslands and some plantation crops. [5]
Six subdivisions are accepted. [1]
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