Rhynchospora pallida M.A.Curtis
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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 - Stems 3–8 dm, usually surpassing the lvs, loosely clustered or solitary, bulbous-thickened at base and producing short, bulbous-tipped rhizomes; infl a dense hemispheric fascicle 1–2.5 cm thick, subtended by 2 unequal divaricate bracts; spikelets silvery to reddish, ovoid-attenuate, 4.5–5 mm, with a solitary perfect terminal fl; bristles 0–3, up to a fourth as long as the achene; stamens 2; achenes obovate, 1.2–1.6 mm, nearly as wide, smooth, brown with a pale central spot; tubercle broadly conic, 0.2–0.3 mm. Acid bogs along the coast; L.I. to N.C.