Cyperus capitatus, Vandelli

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 287

13. C. capitatus Vandelli , Fase. Pl. 5 (1771)

( C. schoenoides Griseb. , Galilea mucronata (L.) Pari. ).

Perennial; roots lanate; rhizomes long, thick, with broad scales; stems 10-50 cm, solitary. Leaves 1-6 mm wide, with revolute margins. Bracts 3-6, with revolute margins, conspicuously dilated and often reddish at the base, exceeding the inflorescence. Inflorescence a dense, sessile, hemispherical to globose head. Spikelets 8-20 X 3-4 mm, lanceolate, with 4-12 flowers, patent. Rhachilla not winged. Glumes 5-8 x 2-5-4 mm, broadly lanceolate or ovate, obtuse but with a rigid mucro 1-3 mm, reddish or purplish, but yellowish-green in apical half, with a wide hyaline margin. Stamens 3. Nut c. | as long as glumes, brownish-yellow. 2» = 72. Coastal sandy places. S. Europe. Al BI Bu Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si Tu.