Fimbristylis hirta (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Cyperaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Fimbristylis hirta (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.

  • Description

    Species Description - Annual; culms 1-4 dm. long, slender, pilose at least above. Leaves nearly filiform, pubescent, half as long as the culm or less, 0.2-0.5 mm. wide; involucral bracts 3-5, longer or shorter than the umbel; spikelets 3-14, on filiform pilose umbel-rays, ovoid, 6-12 mm. long; scales few, ovate, mucronate, chestnut-brown, pilose-puberulent, the midvein green; style glabrous, its 3 branches linear; achene pyriform, pale brown, 1 mm. long, irregularly rugose, sometimes tuberculate.

  • Distribution

    Bahamas, collected by Dale, according to Clarke : Cuba ; northern South America

    Cuba South America| South America|