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Fleshy Veldrush

Schoenus auritus

Fleshy Veldrush
Photo: Douglas Euston-Brown (douglaseustonbrown), CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
Climate
subtropical

About

Schoenus auritus is a species of sedge endemic to southern and eastern South Africa.

Where it grows

Schoenus auritus generally grows without 200 km of the coastline in South Africa, with its distribution ranging from northern parts of the KwaZulu-Natal Province to the Western Cape Province.

Other Schoenus plants

Adnate Veldrush · Whitesheath Veldrush · Smooth bogrush · Sand Veldrush · Gold Sunrush · Southern Veldrush · Spotted Veldrush · Bristleglume Veldrush · Zig Zag Bogrush · Brown Veldrush · Schoenus calcatus · Limestone Veldrush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Schoenus auritus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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