Scleria ciliata 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 - Erect from knotty rhizomes, 3–8 dm; lvs glabrous or hairy, long-attenuate, the larger 2–7 mm wide; cymes 2–3 and approximate or solitary, short-peduncled or sessile, 1–3 cm; pistillate scales ovate, acuminate or short-awned, glabrous or hairy, the prominent midrib projecting as a wing-like keel toward the base; achene globose, white, roughly papillose, (1.5–)2–3 mm thick, minutely apiculate; hypogynium with 3 prominent, transversely ellipsoid tubercles, each often ± 2-lobed. Damp sandy soil and pine-barrens; se. Va. to Fla., Tex., and Cuba, n. in the interior to Mo. (S. elliottii)