Fuirena scirpoidea Michx.
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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 - Rhizomatous perennial 2–6 dm; herbage essentially glabrous; sheaths loose, oblique at the orifice but virtually bladeless; spikelets 7–10(–15) mm, in a single terminal cluster of (1)2–5 subtended by a sheathing short-bladed bract; scales 2.5–3.5 mm, with at least 5 strong median nerves convergent to form a stiff, erect, scabrid mucro less than half as long as the scale; bristles retrorsely barbellate; pet-blades ovate, acutish-apiculate; anthers 3, ca 2 mm; 2n=46. Sandy or sandy-peaty marshes, swales, and seeps, sometimes in slightly brackish sites; along the coast from N.C. to Fla., Tex., and Cuba; disjunct in s. Ill.