Records determined by Clare Archer

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

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

MRSC, det C.Archer; SRGH, det as B.collina
From E.A.Robinson's collection written by Bob Drummond.

MRSC, F.sp. nr. F.subaphylla; det C.Archer

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.

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.

Frequent among rocks; bracts brown; anthers yellow.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143236134

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.

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

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

Annual

Annual

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.

Occasional, restricted to sand; bracts light green to light brown.

locally abundant on black clay soil

Herb; 75 cm, erect. Stems pale brown at base. Inflorescence yellowish-tan. Common.

Soft, herbaceous, ca. 25 cm. Stems dark green; leaves dark green to light green towards base; inflorescence yellowish-green.

iNaturalist record

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

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

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

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.

Infrequent herb; bracts white; anthers yellow.

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

Infrequent herb; base of stalk and bracts of inflorescence 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.

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

Succulent geophyte, up to 0.2 m. Flowers pale white. Fruit yellow.

Common in mopane woodland. Stem light green. Blades green; inflorescence white.

White inflorescence with yellow anthers.

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

Epiphyte 0.08 m tall with white flowers growing on the bark of various trees including Teclea sp., Androstachys johnsonii and Euphorbia sp. Common.-x000D- Habitat: Open woodland on a limestone plateau, in light shade. No biotic effect seen.

iNaturalist record

Flowers white with green mid-vein.

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

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

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

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UJ DNA No. UJ05318

Sedge; in water; ca. 50 cm tall; stem triangular, dark green; inflorescence and bracts light brown; common; along the river.

Locally dominant emergent hydrophyte in coastal stream in transition zone between mangrove swamp and peatland (mire) habitats.

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

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

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.

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