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| Distribution | Native to South America, New Zealand, and Australia, naturalized in Europe.In the Hawaiian Islands,
naturalized on
Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i.
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Habit
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Perennial herbs; stems 1-3 dm long, cespitose.
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Leaves
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Leaves numerous, basal, much shorter than stems, flat, grass-like, with flattened side toward stem, margins of sheaths hyaline, not prolonged into auricles.
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Flowers
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Flowers in 2 to numerous glomerules on strict branches, forming umbellately branched cymes, lowest bract usually not extending more than 1/3 length of inflorescence; inner perianth parts with 2 dark purplish lines, ca. 2 mm long, longer than outer ones, margins inflexed, apex obtuse, outer perianth parts uniformly dark; stamens 3; filaments at least 3 times longer than anthers.
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Fruit
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Capsules obovoid, trigonous, mucronate, longer than to equalling perianth, often transversely wrinkled.
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Seeds
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Seeds pale brown, shiny, ovoid, ca. 4 mm long, minutely reticulate.
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