Records determined by Clare Archer

Bulbostylis sp. indet., nr. B.abortiva but with rugose fruits.

Sedge in opening in the forest; on Kalahari sands to 0.2 m; fruits brown.

MRSC, det K as B.barbata; det C.Archer

Herb; 20 cm, erect. Infructescence golden-brown. In sandy open areas.

Collected among rocks; approx. 10 cm tall; stems light green; leaves light green; inflorescence golden brown.

Common in the forest understory amongst grasses. Inflorescence brown.

Common in marshy areas. Stems dark green to light green; inflorescence golden-brown.

Erect, 15 cm. Stems dark green; leaves dark green; inflorescence yellowish-brown.

Annual; in sand, base of plant pale pink; bracts dark brown.

Occasional, from sandy wash, bracts reddish-brown.

MRSC, det EAR as B.aphyllanthoides; det C.Archer

Occasional, in sandy wash; bracts brown.

Approx. 10 cm tall; stems dark green; leaves dark green; inflorescence golden brown.

K, det as B.densa; MRSC, det C.Archer, 2001.01

Sedge light green; ca. 20 cm tall; stems green; yellow at base, leaf sheaths dark brown; fruits small, dark green with a purple-black tint.

Annual

Annual

Occasional, in sandy wash, with grasses, base of stems reddish; bracts golden to brown.

Approx. 15 cm tall; stems dark green; leaves smooth, dark green; inflorescence golden yellow.

Herb; 25 cm, erect. Infructescence shiny, red-brown to golden-tan. In open, sandy depressions.

Common in forest understory growing amongst grasses. Roots with characteristic Vicks smell. (mentholated) Inflorescence yellowish brown.

Common, 1.2 m. Stems dark green, hard; leaves light green; flowers golden brown; roots hard, dark brown, rising from hard corm.

Common in woodland, forms small sod-like patches; "heads" white.

Frequent herb from rhizome in low lying areas and wet places along river.

MRSC: "=Astle 1298, not C.digitatus", det CA as C.d.auricomus, Feb00);

Clumping sedge of sandy lake shore to 1 m tall; spikes light golden-yellow; leaves with white undersides.

bases of the stems brown; inflorescence light brown with green.

Occasional on open sandy patches in forest understory. Roots with sweet aroma. Inflorescence cream to grey appearing yellow around the bases.

Approx. 20 cm tall; stems dark green; leaves dark green; inflorescence light grey with a brown tint.

Occasional; among rocks; bracts light yellow at base to brown on tips.

Occasional in sand at edge of dry dambo; inflorescence bracts light yellow-green.

Infrequent herb; bracts white; anthers yellow.

Infrequent herb; base of stalk and bracts of inflorescence yellow.

Common, dark green with golden brown inflorescence; ca. 1 m; lateral shoots/corms light yellow.

Common; on open sands; blades and internodes pink around the bases, becoming light green towards the apex; fruits brown.

Occasional; among roots; bracts brown-black.

Common to dominant species in marsh vegetation of peatland (mire) of a coastal stream.

Very common sedge among rocks, along the stream. Inflorescence reddish-brown.

Common in 50 cm deep water on the margins of the permanently inundated zone of a lake on the Govuru River floodplain.

Frequent herb; in marsh; to 1.5 m tall; lower leaf sheaths black; bracts light green; floral parts green except stigma white, turning brown.

iNaturalist record

White inflorescence with yellow anthers.

Common on water-logged sites on margins of woodland. Stems and blades shiny green. Inflorescence pale green.

Sedge; light green; ca. 25 cm tall; common, with triangular stem; inflorescence light green with a brown tint.

Stems light green, clustered; roots short and fibrous; flower buds small, hard and brown tinged; flowers with light green spines; common; in swampy area.

Sedge; light green; ca. 25 cm tall; common; with triangular stem; inflorescence light green with a brown tint.

Sedge; rocky outcrop at dambo margin; stem green, smooth; inflorescence brown-yellow; peduncle green, appearing black around the bases; fruits black; plant senescent.

Common in marsh vegetation of peatland (mire) in coastal stream.

Locally common along shore margins. Stems light green and smooth. Inflorescence greenish yellow. Pedicels brown around the bases.

Ca. 30 cm, in marsh areas. Stems light green; leaves light green; inflorescences golden-brown to yellow.

Widespread from thickened root; stems yellow-orange at base; inflorescence bracts white.

Seasonally saturated white sands with thin organic horizon, on margins of coastal channelled valley-bottom wetland.

iNaturalist record

UJ DNA No. UJ05318

iNaturalist record

Frequent on rocky hillside and elsewhere, from tan bulb; outer inflorescence bracts light brown.

Approx. 20 cm tall; leaves and stems dark green; inflorescence brown.

Common on white, hydromorphic sands that are organically enriched, on the margins of a mire (peatland) which forms the source of a coastal stream.

Occasional near waters edge to 1.5 m; bracts light green to brown; seeds white.

Rare, in moist soil; deep shade, 1.5 m tall; outer inflorescence bracts white.

iNaturalist record

iNaturalist record