Machaerina rubiginosa




Family Cyperaceae
Scientific name Machaerina rubiginosa (Sprengel) T. Koyama
Synonyms Baumea rubiginosa (Sprengel) Boeckeler; Cladium globeratum R. Brown; Cladium nipponense Ohwi; Cladium rubiginosum (Sprengel) Domin; Fuirena rubiginosa Sprengel; Machaerina brevistigma (Nakai ex Tuyama) T. Koyama; Machaerina nipponensis (Ohwi) Ohwi & T. Koyama; Machaerina rubiginosa (Sprengel) T. Koyama var. nipponensis (Ohwi) T. Koyama; Schoenus rubiginosus Solander ex G. Forster
Common name (Japanese common name) nebiki-gusa (ネビキグサ, 根引草 [meaning: long roots weed]), anpera-i (アンペライ, アンペラ藺 [meaning: ampero rush]), munin-anpera-i (ムニンアンペライ, 無人アンペラ藺 [meaning: Ogasawara Islands ampero rush])
(English common name) variegated striped rush
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (west of Shizuoka Prefecture), Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) New Guinea, New Caledonia, Australia, New Zealand
Habitat Swamp
Chromosomal number unknown
Description Culms ca. 30-90cm tall. Leaves 3-8mm across. Flowers spikelets 5-6mm long, flowering in August to October. Perennial plants.
Reference Machaerina rubiginosa T. Koyama
Baumea rubiginosa (Spreng.) Boeck.
Baumea rubiginosa (Spreng.) Boeck.



June 2009
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
June 2009
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
June 2009
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden



June 2009
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden