Fimbristylis hirta (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.
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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 - 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.
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Distribution
Bahamas, collected by Dale, according to Clarke : Cuba ; northern South America
Cuba South America| South America|