Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.
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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 - Cespitose; lvs involute, filiform, 0.2–0.4 mm wide; glomerules 1 or commonly 2, the terminal ovoid or oblong, with 2–10 erect or ascending spikelets, the lateral remote, subsessile, with 1–4 spikelets; bristles 6, retrorsely barbellate or seldom smooth, surpassing the achene; achenes elliptic- oblong to narrowly elliptic-obovate, 1.7–2.1 mm, scarcely (or less than) half as wide, conspicuously narrowed toward the base, pale (and often obscurely darker-lined) centrally, darker toward the margins; tubercle subulate- attenuate, 0.8–1.6 mm; 2n=26. Calcareous swamps, bogs, and shores; Nf. to Sask., s. to Va., Tenn., and Mo.