Rhynchospora myersiana

  • Filed As

    Cyperaceae
    Rhynchospora myersiana ( type )

  • Collector(s)

    A. S. Hitchcock 421, Jul 1900-Aug 1900

  • Location

    United States of America. Florida. Lee Co. Everglades, southern peninsular Florida.

  • Habitat

    Around ponds.

  • Description

    Rootstock horizontal: steam 12-18 dm. tall, glabrous, striate at least in age: leaves deep green, often quite numerous at the base of the stem; blades elongated, 2.5-3.5 mm. wide, flat: spikelets numerous in a terminal cluster and usually several axillary clusters, acute, 1.5-2 mm long: scales chesnut-brown: perianth-bristles mostly 6, short, upwardly barbed; achenes oval, lenticular, nearly 1.5 mm long, cancellate and transversely wrinkled, about twice as long as the achene, surmounted by the stout tubercle. Phenology of specimen: Fertile.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 51410

    Occurrence ID: 4de4fa36-510d-4b54-9341-7926564d20db

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Florida

  • County/Municipio

    Lee Co.

  • Locality

    Everglades, southern peninsular Florida.

  • Distribution

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    No botanical uses.

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