Blysmus compressus (L.) Link

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Taxonomy: Fam. Cyperaceae// Genus: Blysmus// Species: Blysmus compressus (L.) Link.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by DeFilipps in Tutin et al. (1980).

Lifeform: Rhizomatous perennial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to Morocco, from Europe to Irkutsk in Russia, North-Central China, Himalaya and India according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Wet habitats – mountain streams, bogs and mires.

Flowering period: Late spring – early summer: MAY, JUN.

Blysmus compressus – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – inflorescence and leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – A and B: adaxial side of leaves; C and D: abaxial side of leaves; E: leaf sheath and ligule. Osogovo – Ponikva, 15.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – leaf sheaths. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – base of shoot. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – rhizome and developing sheaths. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 15.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 15.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 15.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 15.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 15.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 15.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 15.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 15.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – A: adaxial side of leaf; B: abaxial side of leaf; C and D: leaf sheath with ligule. Osogovo – Ponikva, 15.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – inflorescence with fruiting spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 26.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – A: inflorescence with fruiting spikelets; B: spikelets; C: floret; D: nut and perianth-bristles; E: glumes. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Blysmus compressus – retrorsely barbed perianth-bristles under magnification. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Blysmus compressus (L.) Panz. ex Link. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1144343-2 [Accessed 28.07.2024].

Blysmus Panzer. DeFilipps, R. A. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 280.