Eleocharis baldwinii (Torr.) Chapm.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Cyperaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Low, tufted or mat-forming perennial with slender, wiry, often proliferous stems 3-20 cm, lacking rhizomes; spikelets flattened, linear to ovate, 3-6 mm, 3-8-fld, the scales distichous, linear, keeled, acute, red-brown; achene sharply trigonous, 1 mm, shining dark olive-brown, sometimes obscurely striolate, the tubercle pale, pyramidal and subulate-tipped; bristles shorter than the achene. Wet sandy soil in pine-barrens on the coastal plain; se. Va. to Fla. and La.