Dichromena colorata (L.) Hitchc.
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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 - Glabrous; culm slender, erect, rather sharply triangular, 0.3-0.6 m. tall. Leaves distant, narrowly linear, about 2 mm. wide, much shorter than the culm, those of the involucre 4-6, reflexed when mature, yellowish white at the base; head globose, 1-2 cm. in diameter; spikelets narrowly oblong, acute; scales membranous, lanceolate, nearly white, 1-nerved, subacute at the apex; achene obovate, brown, nearly truncate at the summit, compressed, covered by the tubercle which is not decurrent on its edges.
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Distribution
Scrub-lands and borders of marshes, Abaco, Great Bahama, Andros and New Providence to Caicos Islands and Inagua : southeastern United States ; Bermuda ; Cuba to Puerto Rico and Martinique ; Texas to Yucatan. Narrow-leaved Dichromena. White-headed Rush.
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Bermuda South America| Cuba South America| Puerto Rico South America| Martinique South America| Texas United States of America North America| Yucatán Mexico North America|