Schoenus purpurascens
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Schoenus purpurascens is a species of sedge endemic to the mountains of the southwestern part of the Western Cape Province of South Africa, with its distribution centered around the Caledon area.
Flowering heads
Spikelet (black scale bar represents 1 mm)
Nutlet
Schoenus prophyllus
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Schoenus prophyllus is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family. It is endemic to the Agulhas Plain region of Western Cape Province of South Africa.
Schoenus purpurascens
…having thinner spikelets that are lanceolate to ovate in form, while those of S. purpurascens are ovate. Two species that also have ovate spikelets are Schoenus prophyllus and Schoenus calceolus, but these two species have channelled leaves compared to the non-channelled leaves of S. purpurascens. Similar to other sedges…
S prophyllus plant NH
Bases of flowering stems (culms)
Flowering head
Flowering spikes