Braamfontein Spruit Ecological Corridor

Purple Umbrella Sedge

Mariscus congestus

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document Features
Conservation value of the Egoli Granite Grassland, an endemic grassland in Gauteng, South Africa
May 22, 2026, 11:11 p.m.
  • Forb
  • Egoli Granite Grassland

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

  • (c) Marco Schmidt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Marco Schmidt source
  • (c) Andrew Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Andrew Townsend source
  • (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo source
  • (c) jdabs, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
  • (c) Rob Palmer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Rob Palmer source
  • (c) Bom Sobuza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Bom Sobuza source
  • (c) Joseph Knight, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Joseph Knight source
  • (c) Reiner Richter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Reiner Richter source
  • (c) mattward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by mattward source
  • (c) sarah_on_earth, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
  • (c) Moira FitzPatrick, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Moira FitzPatrick source
  • (c) Geoff, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Geoff source

Sources and references

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