Scirpus validus Vahl
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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 stout rootstocks; culms stout, smooth, terete, erect, 1-3 m. tall, sheathed at the base. Involucre-bract 1, erect, shorter than the umbel, appearing as if continuing the culm; umbel compound, its primary rays slender, 1-6 cm. long; spikelets several or many, oblong-conic, 1 to 5 together, 5-12 mm. long, 3-4 mm. thick; scales ovate, short-tipped; bristles 4-6, downwardly barbed, as long as the achene or longer; stamens 3; style 2-cleft; achene obovate, plano-convex, mucronate.
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Distribution
Ponds, Fortune Island: Continental North Americ; Bermuda; Cuba; Haiti; Puerto Rico ; Jamaica. American Great Bulrush.
Bermuda South America| Cuba South America| Haiti South America| Puerto Rico South America| Jamaica South America|