Monographs Details:
Authority:
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
Family:
Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae
Description:
Species Description - Cespitose, to 1 m; lvs filiform or to 2 mm wide; terminal glomerule ovoid to subglobose, 6–12 mm wide; lateral glomerules 1–2, short-peduncled; spikelets 3–3.5 mm, castaneous, with 2–3 fls and 1–2 frs; bristles 6, 1.8–3.4 mm, antrorsely barbellate; achenes ellipsoid to rotund, dull brown, often with a pale central spot, 1.3–1.7 mm, two-thirds to fully as wide; tubercle flat-subulate above a triangular base, 1–2 mm, bogs and wet soil on the coastal plain; N.J. to Fla. and Tex.; rarely inland from w. Va. s. and w.; Mex. and C. Amer.
Species Description - Cespitose, to 1 m; lvs filiform or to 2 mm wide; terminal glomerule ovoid to subglobose, 6–12 mm wide; lateral glomerules 1–2, short-peduncled; spikelets 3–3.5 mm, castaneous, with 2–3 fls and 1–2 frs; bristles 6, 1.8–3.4 mm, antrorsely barbellate; achenes ellipsoid to rotund, dull brown, often with a pale central spot, 1.3–1.7 mm, two-thirds to fully as wide; tubercle flat-subulate above a triangular base, 1–2 mm, bogs and wet soil on the coastal plain; N.J. to Fla. and Tex.; rarely inland from w. Va. s. and w.; Mex. and C. Amer.