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Life form:
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herb |
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grass |
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climber |
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shrub |
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tree |
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Additional:
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annual |
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biennial |
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perennial |
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bulbous |
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rhizome |
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aquatic |
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woody |
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Origin:
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Southern Africa.
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Stem:
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Erect flowering stem to 2.5m.
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Leaves:
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Basal leaves sword-like to 1m. Stem leaves small with cormels.
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Flowers:
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Spike of orange flowers. Floral bracts with cormels.
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Roots:
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Fibrous, corms and cormels.
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Other characteristics:
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Very serious weed of wetlands and drains.
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Spread:
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Seeds, offsets, cormels on stem and base.
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Control:
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Herbicides at start of flowering.
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