Cyperus eragrostis Lam.
(Pale Galingale)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCyperus eragrostis (Pale Galingale)
GenusCyperus (galingales)
FamilyCYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Cyperus eragrostis (Pale Galingale) :
1: Cyperus eragrostis (Pale Galingale)
27 Sep 2014 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
several plants over a few square metres
Image 1: Inflorescence - close-up - Image 2: Inflorescence - close-up - Image 3: Inflorescence - close-up - Image 4: InflorescencesImage 5: PlantsImage 6: Spikelets - white backgroundImage 7: Nuts - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Spikelet base - dissection - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 9: Spikelets - enlarged - white backgroundImage 10: Spikelets - enlarged - white background (2)Image 11: Spikelets - enlarged - white background (3)Image 12: Spikelets - enlarged - white background (4)Image 13: Spikelets - enlarged - white background (5)

Cyperus eragrostis (Pale Galingale) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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