Eleocharis flaccida (Spreng.) Urb.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Cyperaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Perennial by slender rootstocks; culms slender or filiform, 3-angled, 0.5-3 dm. long. Upper sheath white, hyaline, membranous; spikelet oblong or ovoid, 3-6 mm. long, 2-2.5 mm. thick, much thicker than the culm; scales ellipticto oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or the upper acute, thin, pale green with a faint midvein; style 2-cleft; achene lenticular, obovate, smooth, 0.5 mm. long, 2-4 times as long as the conic, acute tubercle; bristles 6 or 7, retrorsely barbed, as long as the achene, or shorter, or none.
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Distribution
Wet grounds, New Providence, Eleuthera : Southeastern United States : Cuba to St. Thomas and Trinidad ; Jamaica ; tropical continental America ; Philippine Islands. Pale Spike-rush.
Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Cuba South America| Saint Thomas Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| Jamaica South America| New Providence Bahamas South America|