Fuirena pumila (Torr.) Spreng.

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Cyperaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Fuirena pumila (Torr.) Spreng.

  • Description

    Species Description - Tufted annual 1–6 dm; sheaths hispid-hirsute to subglabrous; larger blades 5–12 cm × 3–5 mm, hairy or scabrous at least along the margins; spikelets 7–15 mm, in 1–3 clusters (or solitary); scales 2.5–3.5 mm, the usually 3 strong median nerves convergent and exserted to form a recurved-spreading awn nearly as long as the scale; bristles retrorsely barbellate, reaching at least to the base of the pet-blades, these ovate, slenderly incurved into an apical bristle; anther 1, 0.5–0.7 mm; 2n=46. Moist to wet, usually sandy places, sometimes weedy; Mass. to Fla. and Tex., chiefly on and near the coastal plain, and disjunct to s. Mich. and n. Ind.